Every year during this time, sports radio shows are filled with angry fans begging, pleading, and demanding a playoff in college football. The problem is that the big conferences do not want to give up the funds that come there way with an automatic BCS bowl game appearance. That money, easily in the 10+ million dollar range is dispersed throughout the conference with a good chunck going to the school in the bowl game. When two teams from the same confernce (like the big ten and big 12 did this year) make it to a bowl game, the payout is simply ridiculous. Why would a president of the big ten, pac ten, big 12, sec, big east or acc want to lose easy money? Every march they watch this happen with march madness...
The big 6 conferences mentioned above do not get easy money during the NCAA tourney. They, like every other conference and school get a cut from what is made during the tourney. So when the public cries out for a playoff in college football, the presidents are thinking strictly business and who actually can blame them. So here is my thought: College football needs a playoff and I believe every college president knows this. Just ask Steve Sample (president of USC) or the president of Texas. You don't think they feel slighted? The best 16 teams should get a shot to be called the nations best. In order to do this, the big six conferences need to talk to the NCAA about changing how the payout works in march madness. They can leverage this, not only to give most fans what they want; but also work to make a similar dollar amount that they currently do with each BCS bowl game. They could be given a specific percentage of the gross that is brought in during both tourneys. if it is comparable to what is brought in now, i can't imagine why any of the big six conference presidents would shoot it down.
Change march madness to benefit the big 6 and college football gets a playoff.
why do the big six get to be the elite conferences?
the big east and acc are a joke this year. why VT or Cinn. or Texas Tech?
why should a conference be guaranteed a payout?
this is what troubles me most about the current BCS system is that doesnt allow for the growth of programs like boise st. and utah. look at gonzaga in basketball. 10 years ago they were a cinderella and now they are a top 10 program. why? they got a chance to prove themselves in a playoff.
the current system is for the "elite" only and keeps the "mid-major" football programs from growing. this elitism is ridiculous. Let the utahs and boise states have a chance to grow a program, just like gonzaga did.
how is this not collusion or some kind of big conference monopoly system?
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