(11-07-2012 09:23 PM)ohio1317 Wrote:  The reasons there is not 8 or 16 teams are many (whether they are enough not to justify one is obviously only opinion though). 1. They want to actually preserve the traditional bowl structure somewhat. This is possible with 4 teams, but with 8, but the idea of even going to a bowl drops a lot. If we have 8 teams that means autobids and then the talk of the Sugar/Rose/whatever bowls becomes a lot less significant. 2. They want to maintain control. The NCAA controlling the basketball tournament decreases the power conference earning in basketball as its split more evenly than the fan interest conferences bring in would suggest. 3. They want the playoff to be very difficult to get into. The fact that someone in the Midwest might turn in for a late west coast regular season game hoping a top ranked team loses so they can move up is a big incentive for a small playoff. If conference champs are in anyway, it's just not as much incentive to watch the sport from a national level in the regular season. Again none of this implies an 8 team playoff doesn't advantages and isn't worth considering (even if I don't want it), just that it's more than simple control.

Dude, do you actually believe this BS? They could easily use the current Bowls within a 24 team playoff system. So your point is total BS and only used to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

(11-07-2012 09:11 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  I don't give a rat's a$$ what that socialist demagogue wants.

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