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Originally Posted by transplant99
except you have no idea about that. Boise made the rise...are you suggesting no other clubs can? What has happened in college football that no one seems to talk about was an equalizing of scholarships among the big schools and the smaller schools over the last few years. As a result we have seen much less difference between the haves and have nots during that time and we will continue to as recruiting gets somewhat equalized as well. Some things take time.
Or 14....many teams play 13 now....whats the problem? More money for schools BTW as well.
And?
Travel for teams is quite simple...they do it all year long. Fans is another issue for sure, but again the FBS manages quite well as does Bball during March.
You think television will be a problem? really? They will be falling all over each other to get a piece of this pie....it will be a massive revenue stream for all invloved. Not sure how TV is a problem at all.
Again...not sure what you mean. Bowl games are played at neutral venues every year. They are packed if the matchups are good ones. Va Tech/Boise was a neutral stadium and had over 90,000.
I am no expert in any of this stuff so I am not sure why it fall on my shoulders!....but the NCAA, TV networks, and individual institutions all do have guys that are much much smarter than I that i am pretty ceratin could overcome most any obstacles. I will reiterate once again that I understand there are problems with any scenario, but again the one we have now is nowhere near good enough and can be improved upon. there may be some growing pains and some learning along the way (much like BCS has tried to do but failed miserablt at) but thats OK isnt it? Better than being stagnant and saying "oh well we did it this way for 120 years so i guess we will just stay with it".
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You can't have the entire WAC conference be good, just one or two teams, still makes it too unbalanced and easy.
January: Teams playing 11 or 12 in the regular season plus 4 playoff games into january? That's tough for students.. these are students remember, not pros.
Travel: again if you're a student at a school, you can't go to 4 different playoff games in 4 different places in 4 weeks. Also in the regular season only a group of fans travel to an away game, maybe 10% of the stadium. Travelling to fill 30-40% of a stadium for multiple games is a different story.
Television: There are existing contracts now, they can't be broken. Plus Im not sure how tv will react. Sure showing bowl games is fun but an entire playoffs? Not sure the first round games are that exciting.
Neutral site: Bowl games can sell out because it's one game. Make a team play 4 times, not sure you an fill all those 90000 seat stadiums. I could be wrong here cause college footbal is nuts.
I'm not sure tv execs or the NCAA are smarter than you. If they were, they would have solved this already. I truly believe it's unsolvable.