The
Commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference has decided to favor a four team
playoff for the national title of the NCAA beginning in 2014.
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| Commissioner Karl Benson |
Benson
has been there from the beginning when all 11 BCS conferences begin to meet
back in November.
The commissioners on this past week in Chicago
approved and recommend a four team playoff to the board of presidents that is
scheduled to meet this week in Washington, D.C.
“There
is a general belief that we need to do what is in the best interest of all of
college football,” Benson said
“From
a Sun Belt standpoint, we strongly support a four-team playoff that also
creates some additional access points for teams ranked from 10 to 12 that would
allow a team from the Sun Belt (to play in BCS bowl games),” Benson said.
“
… It is very critical that whatever the format is that there remains an
opportunity and is labeled as an access point for the Sun Belt champion, in a
given year when they have the perfect season and ranked in the top 10, even
though they may not qualify for one of the semifinal spots, that there is a
spot for the Sun Belt champion to play in a relevant (bowl) game against a
prominent opponent in a stadium that is considered to be on the big stage,” he
added.
I
would like to see one our Sun Belt teams make it to the top, however I still
feel that Commissioner Benson and other mid-major conferences chairmen should
have fought a little harder in how they decide the top 25, in which mid-major
conferences make it into the top 25 for a chance to get to one of the top bowl
games.
As
a insider for the Sun Belt Conference and after talking to college football
pundits, the system is still set to favor the select few, and not in the
interest of mid-major conferences such as the Sun Belt Conference. WAC may be
no more after this season in football but however there remains a conference
like the MAC, CUSA, and MWC.
And
the very reason for the overlook of allowing a small mid-major conference to participate
in a BCS bowl or reach the top of the ranking, is because they fear that the
small teams will not produce the money they would like to see at the table at
the end of the day.
I
still say that I favor a (12) team playoff for college football. It would work
like this…All conference champs would automatically receive a bidding spot
which is 10 conferences in the playoffs if the WAC dies as it looks, with two
at large bidding spots. Those to at-large spots would be giving to the team
with the top two records in the college football rankings at the end of the
season.
The
playoffs would be held at bidding campus locations. The playoff would begin two
weeks after the regular season and before the college bowl games. And the National
Championship Game would be held in January at the end of all bowl games.
In
this process all conferences would get a piece of the pie, and all conferences
will be able to participate for the national championship. All the bowl games
would stay in place and each other would be able to participate in their
respective bowls allowing teams that did not make it to the playoffs to at least
participate in bowls games.
So
don’t go and try to still my playoff plan without asking for permission, it is
being submitted for copyrights rights.
I
wish the NCAA the best of luck and hope that this is fair to all of our teams
that are in the FBS.
