"Affinity" or no, those are the guys that make the decisions and right now there isn't enough money on the table to tear those nimrods away from their beloved bowls. An eight team format was discussed during the deliberations that brought us the current scheme. Nothing has happened since to make the guys who fill in the blanks scrawl a meaningfully larger number in the spaces provided.
And as far as Elwood goes, there was one time that he proved prophetic. Maybe lightening will strike twice.
