How do we FIX it?

-editorial -

by TexCane

How do we fix the College Football Playoff?

College football fans across the nation are discussed by the continuous failure of the college football playoff selection process.

Despite the recent expansions of the field, the process continues to be flawed. Do we need we recall the ugly omission of Florida State from the playoffs because the committee “thought” the injury to the Seminoles’ quarterback made them less worthy of berth of a spot in the playoffs? FSU was undefeated at 13-0 and got left out of the playoffs!

Every year, the selection committee has made monumentally bad decisions based on personal opinion or hidden agendas. Not on facts.

This season Miami is in danger of being left out, despite having the same record as Notre Dame and beating the Irish head-to-head.

There is an EASY solution.

ELIMINATE THE HUMAN FACTOR!

Eliminate the selection committee. Let berths in the playoffs be decided on the field of play. Win your conference championship and you are in the playoffs.

Eight Conferences...

Take the champions from eight conferences (ex. ACC, American, Big Ten, Big-12, Conference USA, Mountain West, PAC-12 and SEC) to make up an eight-school playoff.

It would force the NCAA to restructure Division 1 into eight conferences (example above.) The Mid American and Sun Belt conferences would move to Division 2 or a new Division 1B.

Notre Dame factor...

It would also mean Notre Dame and UConn would have to join a Division 1 conference to have a path to a national championship. It's time.

Why it won’t happen…

The power brokers of college athletics won’t allow it. The power conferences (SEC and Big Ten) and the national media conglomeration (ABC/ESPN, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, NBC/Peacock) want to squeeze out the most money they can from the sport. Controversy leads to more eye balls. More eye balls leads to more advertising revenue. More revenue for the media moguls, conferences and their member schools.

BOTTOM LINE:

Level the playing field by eliminating the human factor. Win on the field alone and you go to the playoffs.

If such a paradigm shift doesn’t occur, the sport will eventually lose popularity and become an after thought of our society.

Unless a new competitor emerges…

GO CANES!