(12-29-2016 03:30 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(12-29-2016 11:49 AM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  

(12-29-2016 11:38 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  Have seen this coming for several years. The networks will throw some cash at it and that'll be the all it takes.

Just like the FCS? Or how the networks are throwing money at us now?

The only thing that would cause a divide is the P5 wanting to take the money we are getting now for themselves.

The bowls are dying. For traditional powers the playoff has created a lack of interest. Anything else is seen as a disappointment and fans have little interest playing in what they consider consolation games. Especially against teams from what they consider a lesser conference. 1-AA was created by the NCAA, P5 / G5 is a product of the group behind the playoff. If networks see a value in televising a G5 playoff they'll put $ into it. They never had an interest in the 1-AA playoffs.

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The bowls are far from "dying". It was not long ago that the champion of the SBC was the only team that went to a bowl. La Tech stayed home with 8 or 9 wins. ASU missed going to a bowl several times during the Steve Roberts era at 6-6.

During that recent era, only one game "mattered" and that was the BCS championship game. Now we have three games that "matter" but the bowls are the same as always. They are enjoyed by the fans of those schools involved, they fill time slots for the degenerate CFB fans and gamblers to watch on TV and they provide a reward and a little extra practice for the teams invited.

No bowl that did not involve my team ever really "mattered" to me as anything but a chance to watch some more football. That has not changed.