Fwd: Re: [Husker] BCS playoff

[j j]

I guess that would have to be something each fan would
have to decide. Is this going to be the last game for
my team? Is this game going to be better than the
next? I think most schools have a big enough fan base
that they would have a good following for every game.
I dont  know for sure so you may be right, that might
be a good reason for not having one. It doesn't seem
to hurt the lower divisions or NCAA basketball though.

--- Russ Volberding <russvolb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> One factor that might have to be considered is game
> attendance.  Suppose a 
> team needs to win two games to reach the
> championship game.  Would the fans 
> travel to the first two games and the championship
> game?  Would they have 
> the money to attend all three, or just one?  Which
> game?  Do they go to the 
> first round and then not have the cash to go to the
> next round?  Or does 
> the NCAA not worry about the participating schools's
> fan base traveling and 
> make the championship game a corporate and celebrity
> event like the Superbowl?
> This may be one of the main arguments against a
> championship tournament.
> 
> 
> >I would think somewhere there has to be a system
> >involving playoffs that could generate the same
> kind
> >of money the bowls do now. I dont know what that is
> >but here is what I would like to see. The top 16
> teams
> >in a playoff with the first 3 rounds played at the
> >higher ranked teams home field. All gate money in
> each
> >round is split between the teams in that round. The
> >championship game would be played at a neutral site
> >determined like the Super Bowl is.  The bowls could
> >continue for the other 101 teams that dont make the
> >playoffs. Other than the 4 BCS bowls I would think
> >they  would probably draw as much interest as they
> do
> >now.
> >--- Bob Beach <rrbeach at rrbeach.com> wrote:
> >
> > > At 08:26 AM 1/8/2005, Jason wrote:
> > >
> > > >In the sports section of today's Journal Star
> there
> > > is an article about
> > > >the Division I-A commissioners meeting on
> Friday.
> > > I found the
> > > >following quote striking: "There was no
> discussion
> > > of a
> > > >playoff...because there is no interest from
> school
> > > presidents and
> > > >chancellors for such a system."
> > > >
> > > >Are the presidents and chancellors that out of
> > > touch that they don't
> > > >register this as an issue?  Not even a freakin'
> > > discussion!  As a UNL
> > > >student and registered voter, I want to make it
> > > clear to the president
> > > >that it's an issue for me.  This problem will
> never
> > > be solved until we
> > > >start to hold people accountable.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       I don't disagree with you but I think I
> might
> > > know the reason they
> > > may be showing little interest.  It's like
> > > everything else.  Follow the
> > > money trail.  I can't remember who I was
> listening
> > > to about two weeks ago,
> > > probably Rome or Patrick, and they were dealing
> with
> > > this very
> > > subject.  The point was being made was that
> college
> > > presidents are
> > > basically watching one thing and that is the
> bottom
> > > line.  With that comes
> > > fund raising.  They aren't remotely interested
> in if
> > > the system is fair or
> > > not.  They just know with the present system
> they
> > > are making money.  The
> > > radio personality made the point if someone
> could
> > > show the college
> > > presidents that by going to a playoff system
> more
> > > money would be produced
> > > we would have a playoff system in place
> virtually
> > > over night.  Until
> > > someone can convince them of that we will
> continue
> > > the way we are.  So, no
> > > I don't think to college presidents whether or
> not
> > > the present system is
> > > producing a real National Champion or not is an
> > > issue.  It will only become
> > > an issue when the bank account is affected.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bob Beach
> > > >
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