BleedGopher
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2008
- Messages
- 60,780
- Reaction score
- 16,189
- Points
- 113
per Chip:
By 2032, college football will be hosting a full-fledged playoff with at least 12 teams, possibly 16. A true bracket that is guaranteed to deliver record ratings, which will pour even more TV revenue into the coffers.
I long feared that an expanded playoff would harm college football's regular season by stripping away some of the weekly drama and tension that makes the sport so lovable. In truth, a larger playoff would have the opposite effect. Putting more teams in the hunt for a playoff spot will add excitement and fuel fan engagement in more markets.
Even though super-conferences will wield a powerful hammer, they would be wise to include automatic qualifiers for conference champions (however many they deem appropriate) because that would create wider access to the playoff, which should be the goal.
Who knows? Maybe Nick Saban will still be winning national championships at Alabama a decade from now. Don't bet against that one. Pretty much everything else is subject to change.
A seismic transformation is underway in college athletics, and football is driving it. The Big Ten appears destined to grow to twice the size of its name. Tradition and math will be trampled by the stampede.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
By 2032, college football will be hosting a full-fledged playoff with at least 12 teams, possibly 16. A true bracket that is guaranteed to deliver record ratings, which will pour even more TV revenue into the coffers.
I long feared that an expanded playoff would harm college football's regular season by stripping away some of the weekly drama and tension that makes the sport so lovable. In truth, a larger playoff would have the opposite effect. Putting more teams in the hunt for a playoff spot will add excitement and fuel fan engagement in more markets.
Even though super-conferences will wield a powerful hammer, they would be wise to include automatic qualifiers for conference champions (however many they deem appropriate) because that would create wider access to the playoff, which should be the goal.
Who knows? Maybe Nick Saban will still be winning national championships at Alabama a decade from now. Don't bet against that one. Pretty much everything else is subject to change.
A seismic transformation is underway in college athletics, and football is driving it. The Big Ten appears destined to grow to twice the size of its name. Tradition and math will be trampled by the stampede.
Imagine college football 10 years from now, after all the changes of the past decade
The Big Ten and SEC will keep growing, and so will the playoffs and payoffs, as the industry continues to change and grow.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!