https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/college-sports/central-michigan-coach-has-unfiltered-response-to-college-football-playoff-expansion-rumblings/ar-AA2fGoGz?uxmode=ruby&ctsrc=dgst&ocid=edgntpruby&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=6ad7e1e5ff7d4e8ca20628d186f05350&ei=35I was all in favor of college football when it adopted a four team playoff in 2014 and hoped it would expand to 8 which to me is the ideal number. I was OK when they decided on 12, but I feared it wouldn't stop there and now it is apparent it has not. They are about to approve a 24 team college football playoff starting next season.
It is nothing more than a money grab. They are doing to college football what was done to college basketball decades ago. It dilutes the importance of the regular season. The top teams are going to get in the playoff even if they underperform. The college basketball regular season is nothing more than a glorified exhibition season and now that will be true of college football. Nobody will care about conference championships when some conferences will get 4 or 5 teams in the playoff. I haven't watched a regular season college basketball game in years. Why bother. The real basketball isn't played until March. Now the college football season won't start until December.
The real joke is the bowl system. It used to be an accomplishment to get invited to a bowl game. Now bowl game invites are nothing more than a participation trophy. Over 60% of all FBS teams will play post-season football. Some years they have to fill the fields with 5-7 teams because there weren't enough 6-6 teams. Is it any wonder the players opt out and coaches move on to other jobs before the bowl games are even played. If the players and coaches don't care about bowl games, why should I.
When I started following college football in the 1960s, teams played either a 9 or 10 game schedule. If they had a really good season, they might get invited to one of about a dozen or so bowl games, for a total of 11 games. Now teams play a minimum of 12 games and most will at least play a bowl game for a total of 13 games. A top team might play their 12 regular season games, a conference championship game, and as many as 5 playoff games for a total of 18 games. This is not good for the athletes, even though they are now paid professionals. Football takes wear and tear on a player's body and additional games increase the chances for injuries, some of which can end a player's career when it is barely getting started.
Topic: The destruction of college football (Read 13 times)