Those are good points, but at the same time, if you put a conference of the "best teams," you are also more likely to have a champion that could have one or two losses. Does that champion go in over the champion of another conference that ran the table? Then you are also counting on the fact that the non-power conference will still get an automatic seat at the table after the next couple of years. If that continues, it will probably hasten the exit of the SEC and the Big 10 to form their own super conference. I also find it strange that they would want just one school in Texas. I will give UTSA credit for their success (Although it's still pending to see what happens without Harris at QB), but I don't understand how some are saying that a team in San Antonio gives them a footing in Texas. I would think you need two, three, or more teens in Texas to have a legitimate footprint.
You are still going to have to address the cost of travel for the nonrevenue sports. One of the things I heard mentioned in a couple of places is that they are in the early talks of considering having their Olympic-style sports have some of their games in a tournament-style setting at a neutral location. In the end, wherever we end up, so be it. Let's hope the university continues to try to move forward.