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………. I don’t like auto-bids and I don’t like byes, even though the Conference Championship Game teams play an additional game. I would think that would be better addressed during the selection and seeding process.


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Mountainman wrote:………. I don’t like auto-bids and I don’t like byes, even though the Conference Championship Game teams play an additional game. I would think that would be better addressed during the selection and seeding process.


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On the other end of the argument, the SEC also has made statements [with the complying espn talking head muppets affirming it to be so] about the SEC should have more teams in, due to the talent gap, with the majority of future nfl prospects playing in their conference. And wanting to see the best talent in the tournament ...

To which I say.

All that talent, and you still need special treatment, because those players aren't good enough to make it to either the Conference Title game, or win their way into the Playoff on their own merit. They need premium privileges and assurances, which waters down the importance of the regular season.

As well, and I have stated this before, this is a roadblock they're attempting to build for other conferences, in order to protect their stronghold on recruiting.

If the playing field is balanced, with every school having the same opportunities to Pay Players, along with access to the Playoff, then the perceived strength of certain conferences will become diluted. Teams outside of the traditional powers will begin their rise, and that recruiting talent once consolidated will become spread out across a larger pool of teams, making the whole of College Football entertaining. A true Level Playing Field with actual Parity ------------> how novel.

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Cane from the Bend wrote:

Mountainman wrote:………. I don’t like auto-bids and I don’t like byes, even though the Conference Championship Game teams play an additional game. I would think that would be better addressed during the selection and seeding process.


https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... expansion/


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On the other end of the argument, the SEC also has made statements [with the complying espn talking head muppets affirming it to be so] about the SEC should have more teams in, due to the talent gap, with the majority of future nfl prospects playing in their conference. And wanting to see the best talent in the tournament ...

To which I say.

All that talent, and you still need special treatment, because those players aren't good enough to make it to either the Conference Title game, or win their way into the Playoff on their own merit. They need premium privileges and assurances, which waters down the importance of the regular season.

As well, and I have stated this before, this is a roadblock they're attempting to build for other conferences, in order to protect their stronghold on recruiting.

If the playing field is balanced, with every school having the same opportunities to Pay Players, along with access to the Playoff, then the perceived strength of certain conferences will become diluted. Teams outside of the traditional powers will begin their rise, and that recruiting talent once consolidated will become spread out across a larger pool of teams, making the whole of College Football entertaining. A true Level Playing Field with actual Parity ------------> how novel.

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………. to your point about “A true Level Playing Field with actual Parity”. All one has to do to see where this ‘Expanded Playoff’ is heading is to look at the conferences, and ask yourself, ‘How many teams in the conference have the wherewithal to win the Conference Title?’

……. and then ask yourself, ‘How many of the teams in an Expanded College Football Playoff have the wherewithal to win the National Title’

This expanded playoff is all about TV Dollars……… which begs the question, ‘Is there actual parity in the distribution of those dollars?????’




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……. and then of course, there are those who want to keep the playing field tilted.



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Dellenger lays in out with a little more clarity……..

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-footba ... 02722.html


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