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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
That's kind of where I'm fuzzy: is it actually known for sure or is it just highly speculated about, based on various "sources" or whatever.
That speculation-then-revealed seems to have been the case with the new-AQ formula for a while, then it was released officially (or confirmed or whatever).
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Jon is right. There is no stated rules for removing a conference in the BCS bylaws. Just adding a new league.
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BCS bylaws:
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Under the terms of the agreements with the bowls and television rightsholder, the ACC, Big East, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC will have annual automatic qualification for their champions for the 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.
Results from the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 regular seasons will be evaluated to determine whether a seventh conference earns automatic qualification for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 bowl games.
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There's nothing stated about after 2013-14, because it hasn't been written yet. The bylaws don't discuss removing a league, just whether one could be added. The BCS leagues have canniballized the upstarts TCU, Utah and now Boise State and so, the threat that was there a few years ago is less so now. Especially if SMU and Houston are also included. BYU would be the only one outside the club...BYU would be the only one outside and they could get in if they wanted (the Big East surely would have them as a football only)
When all of this was drawn up, there was no fathoming that a league would erode to the point of no longer being able to survive at the high level. But with this cannibalization, it should be enough to stave off talk of cutting the Big East out. And to be frank, if the basketball league and football league split into two different governance structures and changed the name of the Big East to something reasonable, seems people would still howl, but less so at the nomenclature.