Promethium Wrote:
Rick Derris Wrote:
UGA is unranked and playing in a bowl game. We'll sell out our alottment of tickets for the game and I will certainly be watching the game. If the scenario in the article was in place, UGA wouldn't be sniffing the tournament (much like we aren't sniffing a Championship these days) but guess what, I would still be watching that "bowl game" outside of the playoff and we'd still sell our alottment of tix and travel to the game. You're telling me there is no value in that?
How do you figure schools would see less profit than playing in a New Years bowl? You don't think sponsors won't be falling all over themselves to be the "National Semi-Final Game presented by Tostitos!" If you build it they will come and the payouts would be bigger than ever IMO.
As a matter of fact, I would watch that Cincy/CM game for the exact reasons he lays out in the article; for the drama. The David and Goliath storyline. Not to mention that CM's only two losses came against Boston College and Arizona and they BEAT Michigan St..Any given Saturday man.
No, I was actually arguing that the value in the bowl system still probably exceeds the playoffs in all ways, thus why a mediocre Georgia team wouldn't be too broken up about missing out on a playoff if they still got bowl cash.
I personally don't think they payouts will be bigger based on the NCAA March Madness payouts and sponsorship versus travel cost and having to share the money equally with all 11 conferences. If the sponsors are going to be clamoring for sponsorship of the Semi-Final, are they really going to continue to sponsor their lowly bowl. Also what company really wants to sponsor the first round of the FBS playoffs, if they can pair up with the rival network of the playoffs for lesser cash to broadcast a few marquee bowl games?
You would also expect the playoffs to maintain a rule that states only two teams per conference can possibly make the playoff, or at least require at large teams to make their title game.
I mean, this is all speculation really but I couldn't disagree more with what you're saying.
Yeah it'll be nice to get a million dollar payout from the Independence bowl but we're talking about a 4 round National playoff. You think the first round is going to pay out less than a million per team? I'd wager
that it'd start at 3-4 million. Again, this is all speculation and I don't know how they would do it but I PROMISE you that the money would be there.
I don't think the NCAA tourney comparison is apt because football is much bigger in the grand scheme in this country and generates a shitload more revenue than basketball.
As for sponsorship, companies will sponsors anything they can get their hands on. As someone who used to sponsor events in the cycling world, I can say that promoters will sell you anything to get a company to pay to put their logo on it. I mean, did you watch the game on NFL Network on Thanksgiving night? They had a pre-game show sponsored by "XYZ" and then they literally had a "pre-kick" segment that was sponsored by "XYZ" that lasted all of 3 minutes.
For a CFB playoff I think the games would be only available to the Nissan's, AT&T's, and Verizon's of the world who could afford to put up the kind of money this would pull.
For the "lowly" bowls they could keep the Advocare 100's going. That's the Independence Bowl's sponsor and I have no idea what they do.
