(06-19-2020 11:22 AM)Erictelevision Wrote:  Big App: middling P5s are EXACTLY the type of teams I want to eliminate! I'd prefer a 9-3 CUSA team in a bowl over a 6-6 B1G team. I like the draft idea. ESPN would get GREAT ratings for this!

What fantasy world do you live in??

A world where merit matters?!

(06-20-2020 12:06 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  A world where merit matters?!

It's not whether "merit matters", it's whether what counts as merit to you counts as merit to those who are trying to run bowls.

Basically the only way your proposals come anywhere close to having the effect you claim to want is by hypnotizing those making the decisions on who they want in the bowls into agreeing with you and not caring about the commercial viability of the bowls.

And even that only works for a short time, since as the disappointing profit and loss results come in, the people that have been hypnotized get the sack and are replaced by people who care whether the bowl game is commercially viable, and the "teams with merit" are the teams that help make the bowl commercially viable.

(06-20-2020 12:06 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  A world where merit matters?!

But the problem is, how do you define "merit"?

To a bowl, which has bills to pay and sponsors to satisfy, the best definition of "merit" might be "the team that attracts the highest TV ratings and media interest".

And even if we are talking "on the field", you can't just compare records, because schedules vary widely in strength. For example, going 7-5 against LSU's schedule last year is a better achievement than going 10-2 vs Appalachian State's schedule.

It's more complicated than just tossing a term like "merit" out there. That doesn't end the discussion, it intensifies it.

(06-20-2020 12:06 PM)Erictelevision Wrote:  A world where merit matters?!

Just stick to mediocre basketball.