An interesting piece from the BCS executive director on the down side of having a college football playoff. Gee, big surprise he would think like this.

Just something to chew on as we are knee-deep in the bowl season.

Bowl Championship Series
Every Game Counts

Bill Hancock, Executive Director

A Not-So-Sweet Sixteen

http://playoffproblem.com/wordpress/?p=88

The BCS launches a new series today that takes an in-depth look at the challenges presented by various playoff proposals.  In the weeks ahead, these analyses will be posted at www.playoffproblem.com

Today’s analysis examines a hypothetical 16-team playoff, with 11 conference champions receiving automatic berths and five at-large teams filling out the brackets based on the final BCS Standings. The analysis can be found at www.playoffproblem.com/wordpress/?p=88   

“Playoffs sound great on paper, but once the details become clear, we believe they would trigger as much—if not more—contention than today’s system produces.   Playoff proponents can sidestep these problems in a hypothetical world, but we can’t in the real world,” said Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the BCS.

“It’s not that the college presidents couldn’t devise a playoff plan; they could, but at great loss to the game that we all love.  The playoff plans that have been considered present real problems on a range of fronts—from the number of teams in the playoff bracket, to where the games would be played, to the burden on the fans, to a playoff’s effect on the regular season and bowls—which is why higher education leaders have rejected them,” said Hancock.