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MikeJacket1967 said:
Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence is going to remain suspended for the National Championship Game against Alabama
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So its official that they cheat at Clemson. The hidden story here that nobody in the media is drilling into - why did the NCAA decide to test these guys out of the blue for PEDs? Now that people were caught cheating, and they're saying they have no idea how these rare bizarre chemicals were in their body, will the NCAA continue on testing more people? Will they question Clemson's coaching staff?
 

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Gotta hope the big1 and Pac12 keep getting left out regularly. Otherwise there will be no impetus to expand.
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The problem is.....if they expand the playoffs, the rest of the bowl games will quickly fade away.....some will argue that is a good thing, but there is a tremendous amount of revenue generated from televising those events and that is shared by the members of the leagues. Adding a few extra games will not make up for the lost $$$$....
as well as the void in interest by the lack of games during the holidays.
It will also diminish the interest and drama in the whole selection process, further removing "fans" attention.
 
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Animal02 said:
The problem is.....if they expand the playoffs, the rest of the bowl games will quickly fade away.....some will argue that is a good thing, but there is a tremendous amount of revenue generated from televising those events and that is shared by the members of the leagues. Adding a few extra games will not make up for the lost $$$$....
as well as the void in interest by the lack of games during the holidays.
It will also diminish the interest and drama in the whole selection process, further removing "fans" attention.
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I actually don't think they will all go away, just some of the less profitable ones. There will still be a desire for teams to participate in the post season, so all the non-playoff teams will fill the bowl slate for their glorified scrimmages while the playoff teams play meaningful games.
 

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I actually don't think they will all go away, just some of the less profitable ones. There will still be a desire for teams to participate in the post season, so all the non-playoff teams will fill the bowl slate for their glorified scrimmages while the playoff teams play meaningful games.
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The teams may want it....but without the TV revenue.....they won't happen. You expand the playoffs and interest in bowls games will drop like a rock.
 

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The teams may want it....but without the TV revenue.....they won't happen. You expand the playoffs and interest in bowls games will drop like a rock.
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Isn't that the identical argument that was used against the basic idea of a playoff from time immemorial? Looks to me like the bowls are surviving just fine, thank you very much.
 

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MWBATL said:
Isn't that the identical argument that was used against the basic idea of a playoff from time immemorial? Looks to me like the bowls are surviving just fine, thank you very much.
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Because the semi finals are technically bowl games and their is a plus one. Expand it further, and move them to college campuses, and it will be the end of most bowls.
 
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Because the semi finals are technically bowl games and their is a plus one. Expand it further, and move them to college campuses, and it will be the end of most a few bowls.
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FIFY.

Again, there is a market for televised college football in december. Expanding the playoffs to 8 adds one extra round (4 games) and 4 extra teams. Even if you move all playoff games to college campuses, with the exception of the NC, which will always be at a major venue somewhere, you'd just have alternates attending the NYE6 bowls. I say you lose 5-10 bowl games tops, and all the major bowls stay put.
 
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