The 16 team conferences also set up nicely for four team "pods" and, potentially, some sort of two round conference tournament to determine a conference championship. This won't happen in the immediate future but I personally don't see it as too big of a pipe dream. The money made on such a deal would be astronomical. Further, it would filter out most of the revenue sharing parasites (in the ACC, those include the likes of Boston College and Wake Forest). This increases overall conference value and assures the teams that put television money in the conference's pocket are the ones who ultimately get paid.