[NU Sports] Re: Utah and the playoff ...

[Jonathan Hodges]

>
> As for the "too many" argument: every other football division and
> subdivision has found an equitable way of determining a champion despite
> having far more teams than the 119/120-strong FBS. One need only look at
> basketball to see that the BCS conferences are hardly suffering by "sharing"
> their revenues with 25 other conferences, so it's strange to see someone
> complain about the possibility of sharing with five for football.
>

No, the basketball tourney benefits from such a large pool of teams (320+ in
Div. I, 64 teams in the tourney) - but remember that football money dwarfs
mens' basketball, even if basketball is typically the only other
revenue-generating sport in a typical Div. I athletic dept.

Jonathan


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