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Did I miss one?
Heâs probably using number from when WAC also existed.
Any changes to playoff will not be orchestrated out of fairness, but out of fairness to p5 finances as seen from the perspective of the p5.
Summary: They get more teams in.
So you want to play for the CBI of football? Super
Iâm on board with all conference champsâŠdonât care about the record. Win your conference and you are in. Add in 6 at large teams and go.
Reason it will never happen: Power
ESPN and blue bloods donât want the piss each other off.
This playoff would be massive for ESPN in revenue.
It would create a lot more new bloods.
Recruits would go where they could play right away.
But ESPN does not want to offense tOSU, UT, Bama, FSU, USC, etc who might take their teams and play ball for someone elseâŠeven at a few dollars less. Why? Because they will remain in controlâŠkinda like when Bama said UAB could not hire Jimbo Fisher until Bama was sure they had Saban. Or when UAB was getting really good and getting good recruits in AL (instead of sitting on the three deep Bama roster).
All about PowerâŠand the only thing they will not nderstand is a long, protracted legal fight with tons of lawyers.
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So I guess we are hoping to be invited to an existing P5. I do not believe ESPN or any other network is going to give AAC 8 million per team. Even 8m is way too low for the top AAC teams.
An 8-team playoff is the best system in my opinion.
The Power 5 are the Power 5 for a reason, therefore, they deserve having priority over any type of playoff contention. With that being said, that doesnât mean atleast 1 G5 shouldnât have a direct path to the playoffs.
Most G5 schools simply do not have the brand name to attract the kind of viewership for the playoffs. Not only that, as I stated above, there are only a handful of G5 teams that could consistently compete with the best of the Power 5. Forcing the Sun Belt/MAC champ to face Alabama in round 1 on the playoffs is a complete waste of money for the TV networks. Youâre talking 4 and 5 stars competing with bottom of the barrel 1 and 2 stars.
Each Power 5 champ is an automatic bid. Highest ranked G5 champ is an automatic bid. That leaves 2 spots left for either a P5, G5, or Independent, prospectively chosen as the highest ranked P5 conference losers, highest ranked independents, or 2nd highest ranked G5 winner.
Any more than 8 teams is way too much, and would take way too long. Also, how Is the schedule going to be handled? Is the SEC champ going to play the Sun Belt champ every year for the first round? Thatâs just a waste of time and money for the TV networks. Why even have OOC games if the playoffs are pretty much the exact same thing.
Sorry for the long post.
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Yes that is the playoff model most people support except for the sports analysts.
An 8 team playoff system is is probably the best system, but that doesnât mean itâs perfect by any means. The G5 will still have a disadvantage when it comes to an At Large bids
Thatâs why OOC scheduling is so crucial for the G5. If every conference champ (P5 & G5) got auto bids, that defeats the purpose of OOC games.
I would settle for a permanent NY6 bowl tie in.
If we donât get a shot at the playoffs for the next 10 years we will be in good (or bad) company with A&M, Baylor, Tech and TCU. They arenât making the playoffs either.
The fact that a Texas team with one score victories over Baylor and Tulsa and a loss to Maryland is in the playoff mix tells you all you need to know.
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I hope the AAC commissioner is stressing to schools to schedule up which may mean having 3 middle to high powered P5 schools on their schedule. UH has an open date next year. I hope like heck our AD is trying to get a good P5. Anything else other than a good P5 will be disappointing.
Probably Prairie View.
Respectfully disagree⊠they are the power 5 because they were sculpted and manipulated into being by and for themselves, and they get 10x the amount of money and exposure. They weakened other conferences willfully and by design. Itâs been going on so long, folks like you seem to be buying into the rationale. Florida State was a joke in the 70s. Oregon was a laughing stock for decades. Look at P5 teams now that trade only on their name not by their record.
This started back in the 90s and has been willfully and intentionally screwing D1 while the NCAA sits idly by.
Itâs not a level playing field, and nothing G5s can do to play for a natty. Book it, UCF may win 25 games in a row and not be allowed in.
The 8 team would allow more possibility, but itâs still stilted and stacked in favor of a cartel.
College basketball is not like this. You can be a Gonzaga, play in highschool sized gyms and still make it to the final four with a clear, unfettered path.
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Why is it not too long for lower divisions?
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When you talk P5, the question is which P5s. The top 2-3 schools in each conference or the vast majority of P5s.
The unfairness isnât that Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State have a better shot than we do. The unfairness is that Pitt and Rutgers are swimming in money and we are fighting for every scrap.
If we played Pitt every year for the next 10 years we would win 8 of those games.
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You are right on target. The top AAC teams can beat probably 75% of the P5 schools but we get a lot less money and cannot compete every year for the natty.
This truly is unfair.
I canât wait until 2023 gets here so we can see who is expanding and who they invite.
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What some donât understand is that an 8-team playoff will not mean more g5âŠjust more p5.
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Yes and more money for P5s. I donât understand why P5s arenât screaming for an 8 team playoff.
All conference champs and 2 at large is the right thing to do. Itâs not what will be done because it does not maximize the P5 participation, but it is the right thing to do.