He wrote: "College football has the best, most closely followed regular season of all sports because the BCS has helped to create a structure wherein every game is important."
Tribble argues that playoffs would diminish the regular season. "Millions closely follow college football games and the BCS polls every week, not just during the postseason. Instead of increasing excitement around college football, a playoff system would diminish the importance of regular-season games."
Tribble also refers to preserving the passion of the regular season.
What college presidents want to preserve is the money they receive from the 28 bowl games. Tribble says the bowls will pay out more than US$2.1 billion over the next 10 years.
All I know is that in this world of Chamber of Commerce college football, in which the unbridled passion of youth funds 28 individual fiefs, the adults always win.
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