A thorough review
I see this through ACC eyes. If the expanded playoff is going to be worth 400 million dollars or more than the current one, and the SEC and BT can each have as many teams as they can get into it, and the money is divided per league by teams in the playoff, then every league but the SEC and BT should be opposed to any expansion. That is exactly what would make it certain that both SEC and BT expand to at least 20 teams.
I prefer 8 teams in part because that is expanding the playoff by just 1 week. If the playoff is 12 teams, you add 2 more weeks to the playoff. Also, tripling the number of playoff teams to 12 will certainly kill almost all bowls very quickly, and the more teams that get a post-season, the more likely we are to have some semblance of parity.
My preference is an 8 team playoff with auto bids for the P5 and an auto bid for the top ranked champ, and 2 at-large choices. No league should have more than 2 teams in the playoff. I would sweeten bowls for the G5 by guaranteeing that every year each G5 would have its champ play a bowl against a P5 team.
ESPN wants an expansion agreed upon ASAP so ESPN keeps the playoff. That being the case, the ACC needs to play hardball with ESPN to get a much better TV deal.
The ACC should fight tooth and nail against any expansion that does not guarantee an auto bid and that allows the SEC and BT to have as many teams in as they can get. The already huge money disparity will mean that those two leagues will routinely buy 3 or 4 teams into the playoff each year.
I see this through ACC eyes. If the expanded playoff is going to be worth 400 million dollars or more than the current one, and the SEC and BT can each have as many teams as they can get into it, and the money is divided per league by teams in the playoff, then every league but the SEC and BT should be opposed to any expansion. That is exactly what would make it certain that both SEC and BT expand to at least 20 teams.
I prefer 8 teams in part because that is expanding the playoff by just 1 week. If the playoff is 12 teams, you add 2 more weeks to the playoff. Also, tripling the number of playoff teams to 12 will certainly kill almost all bowls very quickly, and the more teams that get a post-season, the more likely we are to have some semblance of parity.
My preference is an 8 team playoff with auto bids for the P5 and an auto bid for the top ranked champ, and 2 at-large choices. No league should have more than 2 teams in the playoff. I would sweeten bowls for the G5 by guaranteeing that every year each G5 would have its champ play a bowl against a P5 team.
ESPN wants an expansion agreed upon ASAP so ESPN keeps the playoff. That being the case, the ACC needs to play hardball with ESPN to get a much better TV deal.
The ACC should fight tooth and nail against any expansion that does not guarantee an auto bid and that allows the SEC and BT to have as many teams in as they can get. The already huge money disparity will mean that those two leagues will routinely buy 3 or 4 teams into the playoff each year.
