(07-01-2020 08:56 AM)Atlanta Wrote: (06-26-2020 01:54 PM)Browning Hall Wrote: (06-26-2020 12:09 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: Yeah, I'm fine with 8 teams with one guaranteed slot to the G5, 5 for the P5 winners, and 2 at large bids to the top 2 ranked other teams.
In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing the MWC and the AAC create an alliance. Cross-scheduling 2 OOC games each year - one home and one away. Do away with our conference champ games. And replace it with a championship game between our 2 conference regular season champs. That would be the de facto play-in game for the CFP.
What I am afraid will happen is that WHEN they go to 8 teams, they will do away with auto-bids altogether and replace it with 8 at larges. That will be the way to cook the books on the rankings and continue to exclude the G5.
I would mind because that would imply the MWC and AAC are equals. I’d prefer we continue to pull away from them. #P6
The whole idea of competitive sports is to settle who's best thru competition. You're using the P5 argument of avoidance in preference for waving a small flag to say which midget is tallest. This puts selection in the hands of the biased rather than competition. And ironically, it's competition we push for when we're want the opportunity to compete up. We should always be for competition to settle who is best, especially if we remain on the outside looking up.
You also have to be practical and to be a realist. What is involved when you have 68 teams instead of 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament?
BASKETBALL
- 2 extra games played over a period of 10 days, which is less strenuous than the regular season.
- A 40 game season, whereas NBA players play an 82 game season
- There are almost no injuries in basketball.
- Massive revenue from the extra 48 games
FOOTBALL 16 TEAM PLAYOFF
- Likelihood of many more injuries
- 17 game schedule for 2 teams
- 16 game schedule for 4 teams
- 15 game schedule for 8 teams
- 14 game schedule for 16 teams
- Exponentially more players opting out
- Devaluation of many top bowl games
- Possible elimination of CCG which are huge money makers
- Teams 9-16 would have little chance of winning 1 game, even less of winning 2 games
- Players opting out would weaken the stronger teams, cripple teams 9-16.