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The reality is, they are going to do it regardless of what we think should happen. Make decisions based on that knowledge. Think of it as a computer program. You know the behavior, so change the code. Players will stick around for games they think matter. Those seem to be limited to playoff games. Seems like there should be more playoff games then.

The players were the last to jump on the money/self indulgence train. The NCAA, ESPN, the schools, and the coaches made it about money long before the players ever did. Now we're calling them quitters, because they are following suit? That's not fair. They are the ones putting the most on the line, every time they take the field. We just watched a slew of coaches leaving their dream job/blue chip schools for more money. When that happened there was some push back, but we mostly said that's the business. I actually appreciate their actions, because it might cause some needed change.

The NCAA needs to review it's post season as a whole. Unfortunately, I don't have the answer. The bowls games are outdated, and I frankly think they're weird. It was setup in the early 1900s for teams to play each other to see how they stack up across the country, before travel was easy as it is now. They probably should have been done away with it 70 or so years ago. Instead they were expanded, expanded, and expanded for $$$ reasons. Picking champions based on biased voters is inadequate and dumb. Like Mark always says, it should be decided on the field. My somewhat of a conspiracy theory is, the bowls have lasted as long as they have, because they made a lot of people a lot of money, and too many palms are being greased

I don't like to state a problem without a solution, I would probably do the following;

- Reduce the regular season games to 10 (8 Conference/2 Non-Conference).
- No FCS/HBCU/Div 2 games
- Eliminate Buy games
- 16 team playoff
- All Conference Champions get a bid
- Eliminate all bowl games
- First round games at the higher seed's home field.
- Allow all teams to practice until December 23rd
- Not sure if they early signing period would need to be moved or not.

The only road blocks I can see are someone somewhere will make less money and traditions that people have already lost interest in. It gives you a true national champion, more meaningful games, no practice advantages, and less opt-outs.