That's a good point. There is some obligation, but not the same degree. You can have wildly different quality between conferences and that only impacts a handful of the games. But most games are within a conference, and if we want to see competitive games for the good of the sport, it's really important that the conferences are internally competitive. Otherwise literally every game but 1 or 2 every year will be a scrimmage and a snoozefest.
And in this thread we are talking about the obligations of the conferences to their members in terms of revenue distribution. The conference has a responsibility to the schools in the conference.
