BCS Officials Discuss Possible Playoff System for NCAA Football
BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock is at it again; the most two-faced executive in the world said Monday that BCS officials will meet this week to discuss possible changes to the controversial system. He’s gone on record on multiple occasions stating he’s a firm advocate of the current system and all its hypocrisy. However, the other members of the committees involved in the discussions are starting to think differently.
“Everything you can imagine will be discussed,” Hancock said. “Everything from format, who plays who, to where they play, to the business aspect of it … it’s all going to be on the table.”
Indeed, the 11 FBS conference commissioners will meet along with Notre Dame’s athletic director to discuss the possibility of some sort of playoff model. Hancock quickly said that “whatever we do, we have to protect the regular season” which is his usual spill about the monstrosity he heads.
However, those in authority are starting to lean away from the current system after 14 years of yelling and screaming from disgruntled fans, players, coaches, university presidents, lawyers, attorneys general, congressmen and celebrities.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive, ACC commissioner John Swofford and Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott are all eager to discuss the possibility of Slive’s original idea – a plus-one system. Slive brought up the idea in 2008, but it was shot down. After five years of debatable title contenders, more conference commissioners are apparently coming to their senses.
An SEC team has won the past six BCS titles and eight out of the 14 in history. If Slive wants reform, then it’s badly needed.
The biggest opposition to any sort of playoff system is Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany. However, even he said he wants the automatic bids factor of the BCS to be eliminated. That aspect keeps the conference champions from the Mountain West Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Sun Belt Conference, Mid-American Conference and Conference USA from earning an automatic bid to play in a BCS game.
In a fair world, all 120 FBS teams would have an equal chance at playing for the national title. However, the BCS was designed to ensure things like a rematch between teams from the same division just so high-profile teams would play in the title game.
A plus-one system wouldn’t be ideal, but it would definitely be a step in the right direction. I just heard a roaring “Amen!!!” from Fort Worth, Texas and Boise, Idaho.
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