mdhillcrna
wrote:
Quote:Hey Mytime,
Being the HUGE college football fan that I am I felt compelled to reply to this post.....the biggest obstacle to a playoff system in NCAA Division I football is the various universities' administrations....THEY are the ones that are against it...they feel that it will disrupt the student athletes with final exams......and place too much of an emphasis on football......I know that the other divisions do it without difficulty
Marv,
Below are some excepts from a recent article about the BCS:
[size=3][Delany has largely ignored the coaches' call for a playoff. He readily admits a playoff could be good for Division I-A football at large, but quickly adds, "I don't work for college football at large." -(see the
bold italic underline below)[/size]
From Big Ten headquarters in Chicago, Delany presides over a college sports monarchy. The Big Ten is the nation's biggest conference, a collection of 11 universities that covers an area
with almost 25 percent of the nation's TV households and prompts television networks to genuflect. When Delany arrived at ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Conn., this year, employees wore buttons that proclaimed "Bristol is Big Ten Country."
Earlier this year, for example, when
Notre Dame's athletic director and the
commissioner of the Sun Belt conference devised a plan to modify the BCS, the two men immediately took the idea to Delany.
That's one reason playoff advocates have ventured to the Big Ten headquarters and trotted out plan after plan, all of which Delany has sacked.
Never mind that a playoff is used to determine the football champion in Division I-AA, Division II and Division III, not to mention every other sport sanctioned by the NCAA
Polls show more than 50 percent of college football fans favor a playoff. Those percentages figure to spike now that undefeated Ohio State will play in the BCS title game against one-loss Florida rather than Boise State, which improved to 13-0 after its remarkable, highlight-heavy victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.
Eventually the consumer will get what he demands, Delany said.
But he cites TV ratings and attendance figures as evidence that the consumer has yet to truly demand change.
Defending his assertion,
Delany said revenue from college football has grown to $900 million from $200 million since 1990; average attendance for Big Ten games has increased to 71,000 from 58,000 over that same period; and the rising TV ratings and sponsorship dollars suggest the game is as healthy as ever. ]
Basically this article shows that the BCS is more concerned about money then providing a real venue for a true championship game. While we have March Madness for Basketball (which provides good revenues) the powers behind the BCS are unwilling to risk their "cash cow" because of the possibility of losing money (never mind that revenue might go up - they want the cash in hand)
[b]mdhillcrna wrote:
Quote:Hey Mytime,
I don't think however that Boise State deserves a shot......their schedule was too weak and they beat a questionable OU team.....Had a playoff system been in place, I don't think that they would have been included in an eight team playoff at the end of their regular season....but I did enjoy seeing OU go down!!
Marv MD
As far as Boise State I agree with you overall (see my post:
http://www.eroticadultvacation.com/forum39/1281.html )
While Boise had a weaker schedule, they have won all their games - they didn't get to choose who they play, maybe they could have beat Florida or Ohio or others - but they never had a opportunity to prove it. My feeling is a playoff schedule like "March Madness" needs to be put into place, because as I stated before "Any Given Sunday any team could beat any other team"
mytime