[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no.

how many bowl games are there? how many playoff games would you have to have to make up the difference? again, you guys are lowballing the amount of money made from the current system.
like i said last year, if the amount of money would be comparable, then what is keeping the ncaa from making the change? they aren't making it, because it's NOT comparable. do you really think they are refusing to change due to stubborness? no, it's due to the bottom line.

It's not just about the money, although that obviously does factor. But it's also about the fact that with all of these bowl games, there is a winner in every one of them. You may not think it matters much but for a lot of the schools, being able to say at the end of the season, and more importantly, when the head coach walks into the home of a recruit, that they won a bowl game, that carries some weight. Of course, the really big time recruits, the ones that the top 10 schools are going after, aren't going to care much if school x comes in and says "You know son, we won the Pulan Weedeater Bowl last year." But for the schools that aren't in the national championship chase every year, the bowl experience is a big one. Also, having conference tie-ins to bowl games means guaranteed money for all of the schools in a conference and that's money that's counted on and budgeted before the season starts. If you start having a playoff, that would change dramatically. Coaches are overwhelmingly in favor of a playoff. Athletic directors, university presidents and chancellors, alumni, and boosters aren't. I doubt we'll ever get one.