What would be ‘SO HARD’ about having college football playoffs?
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Question by bearcat: What would be ‘SO HARD’ in this area having college football playoffs?
BCS types act like it’s impossible, but what’s the huge deal? Of course it couldn’t have as many teams as the NCAA basketball tournament (which 64 was plenty for before they added more btw), but have let’s say the top 12 teams (like NFL) and give the top 4 a bye? It would only take 4 weeks, which is shorter than that dumb break they have between the season and bowl games (who does that? playoffs should start as soon as the season ends). I’m sure they may possibly find plenty of willing sponsors to fund everything, so what’s the huge deal?
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Answer by Tyler
way to many teams, take to longg
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We do its called the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Why we have the bcs, I dont know, i guess its all in this area the $ $ $ $ .
A lot of schools would never make the playoffs, but can make it into one of the irrelevant bowl games which gives them more money and free publicity to potential students and recruits
The 11 BCS conferences won’t make anywhere near the amount of money. They wouldn’t participate. They’d go to the bowls. NCAA won’t do it. With 1984 it’d worried of a lawsuit if it’d start a playoff..
Really, nothing. I reckon for the most part, for the conferences that its working for, really only the SEC, they would rather not. But, I reckon most conferences would like it. But obviously their is a lot of money caught up. But what’s sad is that their would be more money if their was a playoff system in house. Just look at the deal the NCAA Tournament got. Some people will always like things the way they are, and cannot see the larger picture or are simply worried of change.
But with ESPN now controlling the BCS Bowl games, you can see during some of their plotting on how they kinda favor the smaller conferences, and I reckon are laying the ground work for a playoff system at some top to essentially give those schools a better shot at competing for a title, mainly since they now control the viewership of the BCS games, of which I’m sure they want to turn those games into playoff games.
money. there is millions of dollars in the bolws
also tradition…theyve been playing the rose bowl since like 1902
as for the playoff comment-i disagree in this case. the best part in this area christmas break is watching the games…but the closing should be on the 1st or 2nd…having it on a monday a week with everyone goes back to teach/work is retarded
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It sounds like you’re asking what’s virtually hard in this area it. From everything I’ve heard, it’s timing. College football runs to early December and a small past the first week of January. That “dumb break” you’re talking in this area is when finals take house on college campuses and Christmas break and New Year’s break. Yeah…these players ARE still in college and everyone does want to really delight in Christmas, maybe see their families. Coming back and extending college football to the end of January or early February, which is kind of what a playoff would do unless you make it “plus one,” is something college Presidents and ADs don’t want to do. Football already runs into basketball season, and extending to the beginning of February would basically encompass nearly all of the basketball fixed season on campuses, which probably would result in a financial drop in profit on college basketball as well as a drop of viewership. How may possibly all these games make it to TV, and are students and alums and other fans going to pay to see both? College sports are made to be for a semester, and a playoff system would make it longer, which is tougher on student-athletes, mainly ones who want to play both football and basketball.
There are tons of other reasons to argue against a playoff, though, that don’t relate to feasibility.
too many people would lose too much money
Yes.. It’s all in this area the $ $ $ ‘s and the conference tie-ins to the bowl games. Not just the major bowls, but most of the lessor bowls are tied into BCS system by automatically getting 2nd house, 3rd house, etc. teams from the 6 BCS conferences.
But there are a lot of ways a playoff may possibly be done without the schools losing money or with a denial impacting the 30 plus bowl games a year. Even the 4 major bowls games are irrelevant now, since the outcome doesn’t impact the recognized national championship like it did when the AP and UPI polls ruled college football. Fans still go to the bowl games and many others still watch them on TV. That wouldn’t have to change if a playoff was done right.
With a 6 team playoff, as you suggest, or an 8 team playoff the first round may possibly be played the 2nd week of December and still give the losing teams time to be selected for a bowl. Or, the first round may possibly be delayed in anticipation of around the first of the year. And played out in January.
The playoff game money may possibly be shared similarly to the bowls. I reckon the colleges are missing out on some huge paydays.
There are a lot of arguments pro and con to having a playoff system. I’m in favor of one because of all the fantastic college football games we’re missing.
Money! A playoff would stop controversy and make revenue losses to major bowls and industries with commercials that help pay tv Revenues, and that’s the only reason why it can’t Happen. BCS conferences stand to loose Millions.
There are a digit of obstacles to the creation of a college football playoff system. Count more games for playoffs it is feared will with a denial impact on academics and may possibly be the cause of more injuries for student athletes. They are with all students that happen to play football, not professional athletes. Also, the bowl system, steeped in college football history and tradition is part of the reason that there still remains resistance to moving to a college football playoff. The bowls in general are opposed to a playoff system as the organizers and operators of the various bowls do not want their annual games upstaged by a playoff game and it is hard to blame them. The bowls have contributed much to college football over the years both financially and in other ways. Many dread that a playoff system would require major re-establishment of existing conferences, with a denial impacting on long standing rivalries and other valued traditions.
Still it seems possible to quite straightforwardly come up with a plot that would for the most part keep existing stakeholders lucky yet provide the college football playoff system so many want. Here is one bid.
Organize a National College Football Division I FBS System
The first step towards a viable college football playoff system would be organizing all the existing Division I FBS conferences into divisions. One possibility would be to divide them into four geographic areas based on the locations of the majority of a conference’s member schools like: NCAA East Division, NCAA West Division, NCAA North Division and NCAA South Division and distributing the existing conferences as follows:
NCAA East Division
•Huge Ten Conference
•Huge East Conference
•Atlantic Coast Conference
NCAA West Division
•Pacific 10 Conference
•Mountain West Conference
•Western Athletic Conference
NCAA North Division
•Huge 12 Conference
•Mid-American Conference
•TBA*
NCAA South Division
•Southeastern Conference
•Sunbelt Conference
•Conference USA
*This bid would require the formation of one new conference so that there were a total of 12, three to each division. Perhaps the ancient Southwestern Conference may possibly be resurrected.
Changes Needed to the Existing College Football System
In addition to count one new conference to bring the digit of conferences up from 11 to 12, to have an even digit, for the divisional concept to work, a few things in this area college football would have to be tweaked to ensure success.
•The remaining three NCAA Division I FBS Independents: Notre Dame, Army and Navy would be required to affiliate with a conference or give up the opportunity to participate in playoffs. Otherwise there is no real honest way to include independents in the system that wouldn’t give them an unfair advantage.
•Of the eleven contemporary Division I FBS Conferences, five already have two divisions (north/south, east/west, Atlantic/Coastal). All twelve of the conferences under this proposed system would be required to divide in the same manner and all would host conference championship games to be held the week immediately before the first round of the national playoffs. This would be necessary to level the field between teams belonging to conferences that have conference championship games and those that do not.
•To lessen impact on academics and chances of injury for student athletes, only ten fixed season games may possibly be scheduled to accommodate the possibility of participation in a conference championship game and the four week playoff format. This would mean that no team would have to play more than a maximum of fourteen games in a season which several already do. Those teams not making the playoffs would of course be available for participation in the existing insignificant post season bowl games.
•Of the ten fixed season games, each team would be required to schedule six games with conference opponents, two games with out of conference schools within the team’s assigned NCAA Division and two games against opponents from one of the other three divisions. The purpose of that requirement would be to dissuade teams from playing inferior opponents to gain an advantage over teams that historically have played stiffer competition.
Formation of a College Football Championships Selection Group
A selection group would be established by the side of akin lines to the NCAA College Basketball Tournament Selection Group. Following the conference championship games, the group would seed four teams in each division, the three conference champions in each division and one wild card team for each division selected from the highest rated non-champion team available from all the member schools within the divisions. Seed positions for the conference champions would be based on overall won-loss record, composite rankings in major polls and strength of schedule. The wild card team would by default be fourth seeded.
Proposed Division I FBS College Football Playoffs System
The week following the conference championship games would open post season play with the first of four weeks of playoffs.
Week 1: Round 1, NCAA College Football Championship Series
Digit one seed in each division vs. the wild card selection and second seed vs. third seed. Two games would be played in each division for a total of eight games concerning sixteen teams. Games would be played on the home field of highest seeded teams.
Week 2: NCAA College Football Division Championship Series
The two surviving teams from each division would play to establish the Division Champion for each division. One game would be played in each division for a total of four games concerning eight teams. Existing BCS bowls: Rose, Fiesta and Sugar may possibly be used for the Division Championship games. One additional bowl, the Cotton or Orange may possibly provide the fourth site.
Week 3: NCAA College Football Regional Championship Series
Based on seed, Division Championships would play to establish two Regional Champions. Two college football games would be played concerning four teams. Contemporary BCS bowl structure plus the one added bowl site may possibly be used to establish sites, with two of the same bowl sites used in the Division Championship Series hosting this round on alternating years.
Week 4: NCAA College Championship Game
Championship game played between the two regional champions. Site selected similarly to how the NFL Super Bowl sites are determined with a uncommon site each year. Selection may possibly be based on competitive bid and any existing or new bowl may possibly bid to host the championship game.
Advantages of the Proposed College Football Playoff System
•The primary advantage to the proposed system or something akin would of course be that college football championships would be chose by college football games rather than pollsters. Past and contemporary systems have worked to some degree, but invariably all have been the subject of controversy. Each year there are teams who complain that they did not get a honest opportunity to play for the national championship. That circumstance would be virtually eliminated with a national playoff format where college football games would be the deciding factor in crowning college football champions.
•The history and traditions of the major bowls would be preserved, an vital aspect of garnering the approval of their committees. They would still benefit from garnering marquee teams and showcase match ups and the games would continue to draw strong national attention.
•For the most part contemporary conference alignments and traditional rivalries and traditions would be preserved. The only hard points would be inducing the major independents to affiliate with a conference and deciding how to fill out the new twelfth conference.
•Finally a system that was honest and equitable to all would finally be a reality. As of the most recent season there were 120 member schools, 117 conference affiliates and the three independents, in Division I FBS. Each season would commence with every player on every team knowing they had a real opportunity at playing for the national title