a pretty decent playoff scenario
I'm not a huge fan of Dan Wetzel, writer for Yahoo Sports. He's pretty typical of most East Coast/West Coast centric sports writers who think that between USC and Ohio St./Michigan/Notre Dame there is a vast wasteland that deserves little consideration outside of an occasional bone to Oklahoma, but he's got a pretty good format here outlined that might be worthy of discussion.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=dw-plan010507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
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my opinion
And Wetzel does make one important point that many people don't understand: a playoff will generate MORE money for the schools and the NCAA than the BCS/Bowl system. I hate when people claim that school presidents only follow the money and that there won't be a playoff until they think about something other than money. That's ridiculous and wrong. They may only be paying lip service to academics in their explanations, but there's some reason other than money driving their decision.
by billyzane on Jan 5, 2007 11:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Money still a main factor
The NCAA, as a whole, may very well be able to make more money with a playoff system, but the presidents of the BCS schools aren't interested in what's best for the NCAA as a whole. They're interested in maintaining their monopoly and keeping the money that's coming in now.
The BCS system basically ensures that the six big conferences divy up the bowl loot. Yeah, you'll get the occasional Boise State in the mix, but for the most part all the money goes to the BCS conferences. Of the 17 million OU got from teh Fiesta Bowl, they only keep 15% of it, the rest goes to all the other Big XII schools.
That being said, I'm sure there are more barriers than just money standing in the way of a playoff, but it's the still a very big factor.
by 54b on Jan 5, 2007 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
One other thing
If someone has the time, they could add up the prize money from the 26 bowls. Put the money going to the BCS confernce schools in one pile and the money for the non-BCS school in the other.
I bet the BCS schools get about 80% of it, maybe more because the BCS bowl are far and away the most lucrative.
by 54b on Jan 5, 2007 6:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
good points BZ...
my own personal modification to the argument about the number of games would be to get rid of one non-conf, and obviously the Conf Championships...that's only a net gain of two games for most teams right? with the additional end date for a season some players hurt early on might actually get back into the season before it ended as well...
by longhornJ on Jan 5, 2007 11:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
on the contrary
by rom on Jan 5, 2007 11:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
If we let every conference in
by Wells on Jan 5, 2007 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt
by 54b on Jan 5, 2007 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That is true
by Wells on Jan 5, 2007 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, because of the recruiting factor
And if going to a weaker conference all but ensured you'd make the playoffs where huge bucks could be made, they might make the jump.
by 54b on Jan 5, 2007 4:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is true
by Wells on Jan 5, 2007 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Blame the Big 10
'The madmen and mad women crying out for the death of the BCS may recognize Delany's name but probably wouldn't recognize his face. They likely have no idea he rose from humble beginnings, took over as commissioner of the Big Ten in 1989 and brokered deals that extended his influence far beyond the Midwest. Chances are they have no clue Delany, 58, has emerged as a man widely considered the most powerful figure in college sports and the biggest obstacle to a Division I-A football playoff.
BCS haters may decide Delany is public enemy No. 1. But inside the corridors of college athletics, he is respected, envied and, in some cases, feared.
Delany, according to one colleague, can exhibit "Doberman-like aggressiveness." With a bite to match his bark, he has further enriched the wealthiest conferences and cemented the BCS system that has drawn the ire from two of the most powerful men in his own conference - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr.
But as he has done with the public outcry, Delany has largely ignored the coaches' call for a playoff. He readily admits a playoff could be good for Division I-A football at large, but quickly adds, "I don't work for college football at large." '
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=jo-delany010507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
by patienthornsfan on Jan 5, 2007 12:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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