Georgia president proposes 8-team football playoff

[NJFINSFAN1]

Michael Adams, chairman of the NCAA executive committee, has opposed a playoff for 20 years but said Tuesday the current BCS system is "undercutting the sportsmanship and integrity of the game."

Adams wants the NCAA to seed eight teams into the four bowls. If one of the major bowls declines to participate, then another bowl could fill the void.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/09/sports/FBC-Playoff-Proposal.php

We do need a new system, this one is interesting.

[CrunchTime]

Interesting Greg .To make it work as he is suggesting the regular schedule would have to be reduced a game and maybe an elimination of the conference championships would be needed.

I just dont see how they can overcome this aspect.

"The Bowl Championship Series has become a beauty contest largely stage-managed by the networks, which in turn protect the interests of their own partner conferences."

He said the commissioners of the conferences and the bowls are guilty of "closed-circle decision-making based on traditional contract alliances. It is time to take the ultimate power out of their hands and give it to the student-athletes on the field."

[NJFINSFAN1]

Interesting Greg .To make it work as he is suggesting the regular schedule would have to be reduced a game and maybe an elimination of the conference championships would be needed.

I just dont see how they can overcome this aspect.

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True, but its also good to see more people looking for a solution. unless people put something out there, nothing will happen. The Big Ten has no conference championship, and they are the ones fighting a playoff the most. But then, maybe they have the most to lose by a playoff?

[Alex44]

I don't see how the networks WOULDNT profit from a playoff. Whether it be top four teams or top eight teams I really think we need one.