...inventory to keep the fans interested. Once you drop below two or three top games each week, the country gets more interested in regional matchups. Some might say the two conferences can just expand, which would be true if they were also willing to share the money with the mid-level teams. I think the P2 have far more to gain from a second tier best-of-the-rest conference than to kill it off. The second tier will be happy to get table scraps and provide easier warm-up home games.