The Power 5 schools are wired in deeply with deep capital loans (in 10 of million dollars to pay off stadiums and support facilities), also with lose of power 5 revenue streams (and associated contributions ) universities themselves will be burdened with huge expenses to account for,. Also in personnel, all the coaches are on contracts and they cannot be brokered so the university has to pay some serious settlements. I think the first would be in the group of 5 conferences and they dont quit, move to fcs level... and fade down. (and once you go to FCS, the penalty to move back up is huge, 5 years initiation I think and about 10 million dollar fee...

the rules to satisfy DI-FBS membership. The transition period from DI-FCS to DI-FBS is still 2 years and the fee is increased to $5 million. The article was dated June 28, 2023 so I don't know if the schools (aka 1 of the NCAA DI committees) met to vote on the proposed changes or not. At least I don't think this change to the bylaws requires all the DI-FBS schools to vote on it.

Wazzu Cal 'Zona Funny they are all P12 teams. That conference was mismanaged at all levels.

Even if they are a P2 cellar dweller in football, they'll use that money to support their other sports.