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Originally Posted by Danzig
there are 11 fbs conferences, so if each conference champ was an auto, that leave five at large bids.
if the intent is to have the 16 best teams to play in a playoff, that automatically excludes some conferences. so in what way would they benefit with that change? they wouldn't.
so they would demand an auto seed, which means now you don't have the 16 best. so what would be the point?
wisconsin is 8 and 5, and in the rose bowl and they aren't even ranked. but certain conferences get an auto bid because of their conference...so if you took the champs, you leave out a lot of good teams in order to keep each conference happy, and money going their way.
there is no way to assure conferences their money, and guarantee the top teams playoff under that scenario. it wouldn't clear up the year-end question of who's better, because bad teams would get in (like now) and good teams would be left out (like now).
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You dont have to have conference champions be automatics. The stupid conference championship games will be eliminated and replaced with a 1st round of playoffs. The Sun Belt, Conf USA, Big East, MAC dont get a seat at the table but if they have a team good enough to be ranked in the top 16 then they get a shot. The NCAA tourney is forced to take the winners of minor conference championships but there are 220 or so teams and a lot more conferences in basketball.
Not having any automatic bids allows the best teams to get in, encourages teams to play tougher schedules/less cupcakes because 1 loss doesnt eliminate you (if you arent an SEC school) and allows teams from lesser conferences with very good records to get a shot. The big conferences will still get a lot of representation, because they are making so much more money from the tournament, every team will get a good paycheck even those small schools who currently have to be a sacrificial lamb to get a check from Alabama or Florida, it can be structured so that the final 4 or final 2 and champion get a big share. The power conferences will get more than they do now, the smaller conferences will get more than they get now AND actually have a shot at winning the Nat'l title on the field which should be the ultimate goal. But of course they have simply expanded on a bad system which doesnt give all teams a chance to win and still squanders hundreds of millions to retain that power and receive those "extras".
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/spo...1-million.html
The entire idea that the conferences wouldnt get paid under a playoff is silly. If the total revenue pool grows to over a billion a year AND that money all goes to the conferences and schools how is that not better than 281 million a year going to the conferences and schools?