So wrong on multiple counts with this post.
There is competitive and financial relegation. Both Wazzu/ORSt clearly got financially relegated ($25M/yr reduction in TV payouts) and also competitively relegated as well for CFB with the new PAC. The new PAC isn't part of P4 autonomy and will obviously have more difficult access to the CFP.
Also, their history and alum interest justifies inclusion in a 70-school Super League concept. They clearly beat the hell out of effin Houston.
And the CFP doesn't offer every school a chance to advance. D1 CFB is the only NCAA sport where all conference champs aren't guaranteed a spot in the playoff like every other NCAA sport does.
The CFP isn't an NCAA championship. You're comparing apples and oranges. The horse that was carrying that possibility left the barn 100+ years ago. The CFP is like the NIT before the NCAA bought it. They have their own criteria and own process and schools can either choose to
They weren't relegated. There isn't an NCAA by law that says this group of schools is entitled to X amount of TV dollars or X amount of conference distribution. It sucks, hate that it happened to them but I'm glad it wasn't Iowa State like it could have been a decade ago. It's not any TV network's responsibility to make sure that every school is compensated, the networks get to make the decision as to what they're willing to pay and who they are going to pay it to.
I don't hate the collective TV ideas and I think it would be great for the health of the sport but they're DOA. We have to live in what really has the possibility of happening.
Lastly, the reason it's going to be hard for senators especially to get involved is how do you advocate on behalf of one university in your state and not others. These people live everyday trying to figure out how to get re-elected. If I'm a senator in, let's say, North Carolina. Real hard to justify to my constituents that I'm out trying to 'save' NC State while Appy and East Carolina don't have a seat at the table. Where do you draw the line?