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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
A playoff will bring in far more money than the current system. It isnt even really debatable. The problem is a few people currently are calling all the shots and people hate to concede power. There is no perfect system but one where the 8 best teams make it in regardless of affiliation is a start. If you want to use some sort of a poll and computer mix you could start by using a far better and more transparent computer system and polling system. This is so simple on the surface. Sure you have contracts to deal with and will probably have to still tie in the big bowls as sites but it can be done. The BS about the coaches liking the bowl system is ridiclous. And I still dont know why if there is a playoff the other **** bowls cant still be played? What really changes is the BCS bowls are simply what they should be, steps to the final destination. Seriously if you make the Fiesta, Orange, Cotton and Gator/ Capital One Bowl/Chick fil-a bowl the 1st round, The Sugar and Rose bowls the 2nd round the the NC game the college Super Bowl what is the problem?
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my thinking is if the money is to be had by changing, it would happen. a lot of programs fund a lot of college stuff outside of football. more money would be a good thing for those schools.
i also have to think that some conferences wouldn't want it to be the best teams go. currently you have conferences with guaranteed spots in the big bowls. they don't want that to go away-that makes that big money go away- from them. look at the last few years, and what teams have finished in the top ten. look at who hasn't been the last however many years. there's been a shift, and it's leaving traditional schools out in the cold. that's why they made that push for automatic bids, so that no big conference loses out on that money. i don't think they want that auto bid to go away. if it doesn't go away, the playoff system wouldn't be any better than what we have currently.
i can see a plus one coming...that's about it. still think this year that it would have resulted in bama-lsu.
boise st was griping about automatic bids. i bet that griping doesn't happen next year, when they win one of those auto bid conferences!