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Originally Posted by transplant99
Why does the last 100 years of college football come into play???
Things change...in every facet of life, in every facet of sports, in every facet of business.
But no, not in college football...we need to stick to what has always been because...well...because...thats what we need to do.
Just a weak argument and one Fleischer would be proud of i suppose.
And you simply ignore that both " the money" and the bowls can all be PART OF a playoff system and no, it is not logistically difficult to implement....it is only difficult to accept that change is needed at all.
The suits of the BCS are all old school conference guys who have only ONE thing on their agenda...their conferences. That does not pre-dispose itself to being good for the entire sport in any way, shape, or form. They are protecting what they believe is their god-given slice of the pie...and it is time it stopped. Its like internal investigations by police on police. What is the outcome 99% of the time? Nothing.
Change is never easy especially when those needed to help it happen are so ensconced in their duty to prevent it. That doesnt mean it couldn't or shouldn't happen and it definately doesnt mean that the current system is either equitable or the right thing because of friggin "tradition".
Of course i am just an "idiot" that is "detahced from reality" in my thinking, so just ignore my thoughts.
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Note the bolded section, I understand you don't like it, but it's the reality of the situation. Proposals that say 'well screw them then' are a waste of time, it's not how the world works and it's certainly not how big business works.
There's two choices here, keep pounding your head against that brick wall or accept the fact that a solution requires some actual working with the powers that be. Blowing the whole thing up and starting over isn't realistic, I'm not sure why that's difficult to comprehend.
I don't think Wetzel's idea is terrible, but it has plenty of flaws. The inclusion of Sun Belt and C-USA winners isn't going to fly, not if they're taking 1/11 of the revenue back to their conferences. The seeding as listed there isn't going to go over well either I'd imagine, the Big Ten champ as an 8 seed? Sorry, I don't see any current BCS conference signing on to something that allows their champ to be pushed beyond the top 6.
My biggest concerns remain the same as usual, regular season matchups between top teams lose a lot of value and teams not in the playoff mix become an afterthought. I know that I wouldn't be all that engrossed by watching Alabama-Florida if the only consequence is seeding. Do you think Tebow is crying his eyes out on the sidelines after that game? I like the fact that USC losing to Stanford ends their championship hopes, it makes those games matter. I'm an MSU fan and I don't much care that the basketball team has dropped 2 games and fallen from the top 2, it means nothing so I don't make the effort to watch every game. That's what makes college football different, and why I like it more than the NFL. IF it simply turns into an amateur version of the NFL I'll stick to watching the best athletes instead.