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It is what it Is.

No, it’s part of the contract. In exchange for $475 million, the Committee has broad latitude to choose who it wants for the best broadcast product. No one is complaining about the $320 million they’ve received …

It’s part of the contract.

Um. Since it’s a made for tv show, the Committee can invite whoever they want. And they did. I‘m cynical. I think it’s about money. You must be idealistic. And think it’s about “the best team”. It isn’t.

For the record, I don't think Bama should've gotten in. Nor UGA. But it makes a more exciting made for tv event if you do. But another core problem is the weekly Top 25. But that generates interest and ratings... so probably not going away.

One of the problems is that FBS is trying to preserve the bowl system.

The SEC is the conference with the most appearances (10) ... there was no way the committee was leaving the SEC out.

There are models for how industries and markets evolve. #1 and 2 count, 3 is iffy. Everyone else are small. College football is evolving in a similar manner.

If the "other teams" said bye-bye to the SEC and B1G, their own financials would tank off a cliff. The entire CFB landscape is moving towards a SEC v B1G face off. My bet is they will engineer the demise of the ACC and its done. This is what happens when you delegate authority to warring tribes.

In unrelated news, Alabama hires a former Michigan coach with a start date of Immediately. https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/report-alabama-hiring-former-michigan-coach-before-rose-bowl

You may be right, but what a bad deal for the carrier. They pay the carriage fee (highest in pay tv) AND surrender the ad revenue. Yuck.

ESPN doesn’t get that revenue. The network (Spectrum, Time Warner, etc) does. ESPN does get ad revenue from streaming. What ESPN can do is raise the carriage fees in the future. But they just did in Sept.

A show earlier today predicted that next year, the B1G and SEC will have 5 teams each in the playoff. Other conferences will compete for the other two spots.

How does that work? Most of ESPN's revenue comes from carriage fees, the fees providers pay to network owners to carry their channels. According to an estimate from SNL Kagan, ESPN charges pay-TV operators $8 to $9 per subscriber. So, the revenue is baked in already based on subscriber count...

Because ESPN told him to do so. Finebaum mentions occasionally that being employed by ESPN comes with surrendering editorial control. He has said on multiple occasions that a W-2 is a very influential document. If ESPN finds it useful to promote Washington over UGA, they will say so internally.

It isn't. The NCAA has no process to determine a national champion in FBS. When ESPN got involved in 2014 (I think) for this contract, the payouts for the CFP and the associated bowl games soared from about $155 million a year to $475 million a year. ESPN asked to promote the College Football...

The point was made in another post. There is no agreement on an objective criteria to use to compare conference performance against each others.

I knew Bobby Gaston personally …. a legend among SEC officials, and he would say that it is far more transparent and accountable today than at any time previously. I guess that’s why it’s a conspiracy theory.

I heard something attributed to Roy Kramer, SEC Commissioner, on the formation of the BCS. Asked if it would lead to controversy, Kramer quipped, “That’s good for business.” Asked to explain, he said (paraphrasing), “Uncertainty and controversy leads to more press, more engagement and...

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