Politics will keep the auto qualifiers…. Plus, it helps the ACC and Big12 from imploding. Let them have a spot…. If no spot, then ACC will likely be done in 2035-2036.
The $$$ gravy already is pretty much split up by the B1G and SEC…. Any more members clawing their way into the Power Two will start to water down the overall piece of the pie for the rest of us.
And might as well give the Best of Five something to shoot for…. The cost of being in the FBS league is only going to increase, and those schools are eventually going to start pealing off