(08-23-2021 08:03 PM)RUScarlets Wrote: .. And it doesn’t devalue the existing NY6 bowls to QFs at any point in the new cycle. ...
Referring to an increase in net media value as a "devalue" is an interesting turn of phrase.
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(08-23-2021 08:56 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: Probably doesnt matter what the G6 thinks---but we know at least 6 G5 conferences and 2 P5 conferences see G5/6 access as a priority.
Note that the Access Bowl partners were
definitely not enthusiastic about the Access Bowl spot, but the Go5 were able to grab it by negotiating as a group and making it a key goal.
And the sixth conference champion would be facing
no opposition from the Bowls, since that plays out during Round One when the Bowls are not involved, and whomever is place into the QF games will be validated by a round one win.
And the sixth conference champion is in the fundamental interest of both the PAC12 and ACC, who now coincidentally find themselves in an Alliance with one of the Big 2 conferences.
While the non-power conferences may not have
major leverage, from the increasing Access in every restructure of the BCS system into the creation of the CFP4 system, the evidence is that they have some leverage, and what leverage they have they use to try to secure better access to the top of the post-season system.
And this time, they don't even have to use their leverage to add something to the system ... they simply have to use it to maintain a feature of the proposal on the table which several power players also have an incentive to support.
Quote: Thats a pretty decent size voting block. Plus---my guess is all the networks will probably like the idea of engaging the G5/G56 since at that point---the non-power team are going to represent well over half the teams in college football and about a third of college football's hard core audience. It just makes good business sense to guarantee a legit pathway from the G5/G6 to the playoff.
Indeed, to the extent that this kind of halo effect was part of the reason the Go5 got the access race, giving a real pathway into the CFP itself is going to generate an even stronger benefit.