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Regarding being "divisionless", the only thing that might work is dynamic divisions, that would be something that the NCAA would allow and which would work without taking the risk that the conference champ is seen as illegitimate.

Practically speaking, we wouldn't really have divisions, and we've got all the flexibility in the world to accommodate people's needs to play here or there once a year, once every 2 years, or whatever.

All you have to do is make sure that 2 pairs of 6 teams play each other each year. The membership of those 2 groups can change at the whim of the Big 12, and we wouldn't really see it as permanent divisions, but as far as the NCAA rules are concerned, we'd inform them that our divisions in 2013, for the purpose of the CCG, are X. In 2014, we'd inform them that our divisions have changed to Y. In 2015, we'd inform the NCAA that our divisions have changed again, to Z, etc.