The future of the College Football Playoff remains up in the air with the latest report on the situation casting an ominous light on the financial aspects in play.

According to a Friday story from Ross Dellenger with Yahoo Sports, the latest revenue model proposals point out a certainty that any future model will drive a further gap between the SEC and Big Ten and the rest of the country. In fact, Dellenger says the money aspect is currently a bigger piece of the future of the CFP than any format for the Playoff field.

“You have two leagues asserting their power,” described one college athletics administrator.

Dellenger describes the latest proposal as shocking to people who have reviewed it. The distribution model would reportedly award around a combined $760 million to the SEC and Big Ten while the ACC and Big 12 would receive around $440 million with $115 million for the Group of 5.

Along with the money aspect, the future format for the Playoff in 2026 and beyond remains undecided but it looks like figuring out the money aspect may be the next hurdle in negotiations.

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Why the figures shouldn’t be shocking

Listen, college athletics runs on money, just like everything else in this world. But if we’re talking about rewarding those teams and conferences who deliver the most value, the numbers are more right in line with what the SEC and Big Ten have done during the course of the 4-team Playoff.

The numbers undoubtedly look differently when you account for recent expansion, but the past decade of the Playoff was undoubtedly dominated by the two leagues looking to guide the future of the sport. Not only will those leagues command a much larger share for any future revenue model, but it’s also vitally important to keep them connected to the Playoff.

“Would the Power Two really leave if we say no?” Dellenger cited some ACC and Big 12 administrators as asking in his story. It’s a fair question, but fans are wasting their time if they believe the Big Ten and SEC are supposed to wait or cave to the requests of the rest of the country.

Remember the BCS era? A 16-year stretch of college football that featured 13 championships between teams now in the SEC and Big Ten.

In some ways, the 4-team Playoff was created to hopefully create more parity. That never materialized as the two leagues continued to dominate the landscape.

What’s that mean?

The common thread, dating back to the 1990s, shows college football has already been dominated by the new “Power 2.” That’s not going to change, and those leagues are absolutely right to push for what they believe is their fair share in future models.

As for the rest of the country? Their chance to close the gap is long gone, and it’s been that way for quite some time.