BCS to switch to playoff

That is if the Obama administration gets its way. The Justice Department is going to look into the BCS to determine if it violates anti-trust laws. There's a pretty good chance college football could switch to a playoff soon.

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Thoughts? Do you want a playoff in college football?

Finally! The BCS was so messed up.

I know how everybody hates the BCS and what not, and I don't agree with how they choose #1 and 2, but I think that having bowls at the end of the season is a "tradition" and I don't think we should break it. I like watching all the different bowls during the post-season and I think it'd be a shame to see it go to a playoff.

First of all, it's unlikely anything will happen. The administration knows that there are more important things to do than worry about college sports.

I would love for a playoff, but I don't think I want the government spending money on this.

First of all, it's unlikely anything will happen. The administration knows that there are more important things to do than worry about college sports.

I would love for a playoff, but I don't think I want the government spending money on this.

TaCoDuDe

That is if the Obama administration gets its way. The Justice Department is going to look into the BCS to determine if it violates anti-trust laws. There's a pretty good chance college football could switch to a playoff soon.

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Thoughts? Do you want a playoff in college football?

Maniacc1

pshh as long as its not as bad as NFL's overtime

As bad as the BCS is playoffs just don't work in football. Basically you're looking at 1 extra month of games for ever 8 teams. Considering there's about 25 conferences, and come playoff time you'd have to fly teams out for each game it's pretty hectic.

Now some of you might argue that if basketball can do it w/ march madness then football could also. The problem w/ this is Basketball teams can easily play 2 or 3 times a week. A football team might be able to play 2 game a week w/ a week off, but typically never more than once a week. Also basketball teams rosters are 13 players on scholarship, and there's less support staff (trainers, coaches, help). Football teams can have up to 70 players on their roster, and have much much more staff, and equipment.

While it might be doable w/ the top 8 teams that's not really going to change much in the way of the BCS rankings being BS.

Why is Obama worrying about college football right now?

If anything could fix Obama's current popularity issues, it would be reforming college football's postseason.nocoolnamejim

Do I want a playoff in college football? Yes.

Do I want the freaking PRESIDENT to waste his and our time trying to make it happen? **** NO. What is wrong with this guy? Why would you even leak the possibility of an investigation into COLLEGE ****ING FOOTBALL when you have THIS sort of stuff going on?!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/31/iran.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60U18R20100131?type=politicsNews

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a711d64f4c9e98c38f7cdfaa01fa246b.341&show_article=1

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqLMEUObhysc

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_us/us_nuclear_lab_budgets_1

Good god, what a twisted, ignorant, narcissistic, badly prioritized administration.

Do I want a playoff in college football? Yes.

Do I want the freaking PRESIDENT to waste his and our time trying to make it happen? **** NO. What is wrong with this guy? Why would you even leak the possibility of an investigation into COLLEGE ****ING FOOTBALL when you have THIS sort of stuff going on?!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/31/iran.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60U18R20100131?type=politicsNews

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a711d64f4c9e98c38f7cdfaa01fa246b.341&show_article=1

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqLMEUObhysc

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_re_us/us_nuclear_lab_budgets_1

Good god, what a twisted, ignorant, narcissistic, badly prioritized administration.

Elephant_Couple

I agree completely. And I don't even think it will help his popularity temporarily. At least half of the country doesn't think he's doing a good job. They're all going to see through this and ask why public money is being spent on an investigation into NCAA football. It's this kind of meddling in axiomatically non-governmental affairs that are going to cost the Democrats a lot of seats in Congress this November.

Get er done.

Well I think that the Justice Department should be investigating the potential war crimes of the Bush administration rather than looking into the BCS...but there really should be a playoff system. It is ridiculous that there isn't one. -Sun_Tzu-

Since the Bush administration committed no war crimes in a legal sense, that would be a waste of time too. Go ahead, prosecute a former administration for political differences. That's a great precedent. Then see if anybody does the bidding of Barack Obama when he proposes anything controversial.

Investigating the Bush administration would almost unquestionably lose him the White House in 2012. Only about 15% of America, far-left radical extremists like you, agree with it. That's why we haven't heard anything about it since April.

I want a playoff system, but I dont want a government mandated playoff system. That would be stupid.

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]Well I think that the Justice Department should be investigating the potential war crimes of the Bush administration rather than looking into the BCS...but there really should be a playoff system. It is ridiculous that there isn't one. Communistik

Since the Bush administration committed no war crimes in a legal sense, that would be a waste of time too. Go ahead, prosecute a former administration for political differences. That's a great precedent. Then see if anybody does the bidding of Barack Obama when he proposes anything controversial.

Investigating the Bush administration would almost unquestionably lose him the White House in 2012. Only about 15% of America, far-left radical extremists like you, agree with it. That's why we haven't heard anything about it since April.

politics and sports should not be mixed.

[QUOTE="Communistik"]

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]Well I think that the Justice Department should be investigating the potential war crimes of the Bush administration rather than looking into the BCS...but there really should be a playoff system. It is ridiculous that there isn't one. -Sun_Tzu-

Since the Bush administration committed no war crimes in a legal sense, that would be a waste of time too. Go ahead, prosecute a former administration for political differences. That's a great precedent. Then see if anybody does the bidding of Barack Obama when he proposes anything controversial.

Investigating the Bush administration would almost unquestionably lose him the White House in 2012. Only about 15% of America, far-left radical extremists like you, agree with it. That's why we haven't heard anything about it since April.

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]

[QUOTE="Communistik"]

Since the Bush administration committed no war crimes in a legal sense, that would be a waste of time too. Go ahead, prosecute a former administration for political differences. That's a great precedent. Then see if anybody does the bidding of Barack Obama when he proposes anything controversial.

Investigating the Bush administration would almost unquestionably lose him the White House in 2012. Only about 15% of America, far-left radical extremists like you, agree with it. That's why we haven't heard anything about it since April.

Communistik

Bowl games rack in a lot of dough for the NCAA. I doubt they'll break up a tradition like this. Also, the number of teams making the playoffs would be SIGNIFICANTLY reduced seeing as a team can only play one game per week.

[QUOTE="Communistik"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] Well there is a pretty obvious reason why Obama and the Justice Department aren't going to investigate the Bush administration, and it doesn't really have anything to do with getting re-elected. This country doesn't really have any love for the Bush administration. You are partially right, Obama doesn't want to set a precedent, but not the kind of precedent that you described. The precedent that they set has to do with accountability and respecting the law. Being unbound from the law is a tremendous amount of power, and Obama doesn't seem to want to give that up. But war crimes were committed by the Bush administration whether or not you want to accept that fact - in fact the Bush administration has become very blatant about it. Water boarding is torture, torture is illegal; i.e. it is a war crime. If the law means anything at all, there should at least, at the bare minimum, be an investigation. That is after all, the job of the Justice Department - to bring justice.

the_new_guy_92

Misinformation based off of intelligence that they were given. And if you're going to prosecute Bush and his administration, you will have to prosecute at least 34 Democrats in Congress and 17 Repubiicans. They were in the controversial closed meetings that Bush officials had, before the general assembly was addressed. This includes Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, and many others.

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]

[QUOTE="Communistik"]

Since the Bush administration committed no war crimes in a legal sense, that would be a waste of time too. Go ahead, prosecute a former administration for political differences. That's a great precedent. Then see if anybody does the bidding of Barack Obama when he proposes anything controversial.

Investigating the Bush administration would almost unquestionably lose him the White House in 2012. Only about 15% of America, far-left radical extremists like you, agree with it. That's why we haven't heard anything about it since April.

Communistik

politics and sports should not be mixed.

Swanogt19

i agree but ncaaf needs a playoff

[QUOTE="Communistik"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] Well there is a pretty obvious reason why Obama and the Justice Department aren't going to investigate the Bush administration, and it doesn't really have anything to do with getting re-elected. This country doesn't really have any love for the Bush administration. You are partially right, Obama doesn't want to set a precedent, but not the kind of precedent that you described. The precedent that they set has to do with accountability and respecting the law. Being unbound from the law is a tremendous amount of power, and Obama doesn't seem to want to give that up. But war crimes were committed by the Bush administration whether or not you want to accept that fact - in fact the Bush administration has become very blatant about it. Water boarding is torture, torture is illegal; i.e. it is a war crime. If the law means anything at all, there should at least, at the bare minimum, be an investigation. That is after all, the job of the Justice Department - to bring justice.

-Sun_Tzu-

They've been critiqued and refuted "ad nauseum" by legal cousel from your side of the spectrum...not by anyone else. That's not going to hold up to srutiny if this actually reaches litigation. It's a farce. The whole problem with this situation is that it's a group of far-left radicals trying to decide whether or not to prosecute a group of conservatives. That doesn't make you at least a little concerned that the actions so far were, in fact, not completely impartial? Why should Obama investigate war crimes of one administration and not another? It's political. It's not a legality issue. Obama's Justice Department is using the law as a way to get back at the opposition.

I'm all in favor of a college playoff system. I love college football more than the NFL for many reasons but one of the big ones being the huge range of competition between so many schools. With a playoff system that thing gets a lot better. What I hate most about the BCS is that really good teams get shut out of the chance to be a national champion because they come from a smaller conference or the teams they play are perceived to be too weak. Teams like Boise State, TCU and others should get an equal chance to get the title.

The one concern I have with it, like others have already stated, is that the playoff would have to fit into a certain window of time in order to be fair to the players. However the effort to figure something out, IMO, is well worth the abolition of such a bad system.

I would love for a playoff, but I don't think I want the government spending money on this.

TaCoDuDe

Bowl games rack in a lot of dough for the NCAA. I doubt they'll break up a tradition like this. Also, the number of teams making the playoffs would be SIGNIFICANTLY reduced seeing as a team can only play one game per week.

ChiSoxBombers

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"]

[QUOTE="Communistik"] Go to law school. The Justice Department of the Bush Administration established legal grounds for everything; that is unquestionable. Clinton did the same sort of thing in several controversial situations, but he was never criticized for it. The precedent Obama would be setting is a precedent of criminalizing political differences...essentially taking what was legitimate legal standing and saying, "this is now criminal, because I disagree with it." That's it. It's very simple. People like you, who want an investigation and a potentially a prosecution, don't understand how our legal system works. Communistik

They've been critiqued and refuted "ad nauseum" by legal cousel from your side of the spectrum...not by anyone else. That's not going to hold up to srutiny if this actually reaches litigation. It's a farce. The whole problem with this situation is that it's a group of far-left radicals trying to decide whether or not to prosecute a group of conservatives. That doesn't make you at least a little concerned that the actions so far were, in fact, not completely impartial? Why should Obama investigate war crimes of one administration and not another? It's political. It's not a legality issue. Obama's Justice Department is using the law as a way to get back at the opposition.

Wow..the government is already meddling in the auto business (see: Toyota) and now they want to dip into COLLEGE sports? Gtfo..NOW. I don't care if the BCS is the worst thing man created, we don't need government in any sports entertainment like this. DeadMagazines

We do when the BCS is affecting the disbursement of millions of dollars to a bunch of public (re: state run) institutions. The BCS is a sham.

Don't count on it. The system they have is far from perfect but the reasoning for not expanding it that sports are a SECONDARY part of the university experience.

the post season already cuts into the cIasses too much and they did not use the playoff before because it would extend the postseason into the finals period.

Face it - - whether we like it or not football is not the reason these kids go to school it is an extra curricular activity and if they can not attend their cIasses then they should be booted off the team.

The days of easy schedules for athletes and turning out strong teams of illiterate jocks is a thing of the past.

and who gives a damn what Obama or any politician says. The have not business interfering in the education of our youngsters.

That idiotic No Child Left Behind and other Government programs have caused enough damage and left the public school system miles and miles behind private schools

Why do you think no politician will let his kids go to a PS?

About damn time.

Finally! I hope this happens, I'm kinda tired of the big teams always dominating... CyleM

I still think that any team without a division championship should never be considered for the national championship. The big 10 or pac-10 doesn't deserve a shot. Go fill out your conference, then they can play in the new tourney :).

This Should Be IN The Sports Section,NOt Ot, According TO You Guys.

Wow, the mod really helped push this topic off track there for a bit.

The justice department is capable of handling many tasks at once. It's not like there are just two people there and they have to choose one issue over the other.

If BCS is is participating in Ologopolistic business practices, then they need to be investigated. Period.

Would I be happy if there were playoffs instead.........
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HECK YEAH!

Too bad NFL OT rules aren't possible law breakers.
But the NFL is a little less static in tradition than NCAA, so I think there is the possibility of a rule change some day down the road.

playoffs sounds way better that way

we can have a more exciting ncaa season

I know how everybody hates the BCS and what not, and I don't agree with how they choose #1 and 2, but I think that having bowls at the end of the season is a "tradition" and I don't think we should break it. I like watching all the different bowls during the post-season and I think it'd be a shame to see it go to a playoff.

Alex3796