In division 1 NCAA football, they are trying to get parity by limiting budgets.  Do you think this will do it?
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whether it's fair or not, limiting budgets will increase the parity.  i don't think parity can ever be equalized since certain factors will always be different - things like school size, location, admissions standards, etc.
1107742
As usual, the winners will be the big conferences.  The losers will be the fans of college football.\n\nHopefully the new BCS chamionship game will be the first step towards establishing a playoff system.
690750
Yes I think it is. I don't think it would cause problems for the refs though. I think that they shouldn't make an exception and I don't think that they should change the rules. Honestly how would the refs think he is a QB. He will be running different postions and the Refs hopefully have enough of a brain to know the difference by postion. The point though is that the NFL assigns numbers in a certain way. It is for the Fans, the Refs, and the Announcers basically. It also keeps it from the confusion in college where it well just pick a number that isn't retired. Assigning a set of numbers to a postion makes it easy. Then add in that these players are around a lot longer it makes sense to want guidelines.
973843
Anything would be better then the BCS system.  Right now there are many teams that could win the national championship but wont even get to play for a chance.  Atleast with a playoff system you could have more games and be sure the right team makes the finals.
969761
I think its hard to pick just 2 teams to play for the national title as plenty of worthy teams are going to get squeezed out of an opportunity to play.
727254
The round ball is it's bread and butter it gets all the money and football is looked at second I wish it would change but I don't see it. But with a good coach it can happen and if the coach would stay long enough and start winning then maybe they can become a mult-sport school like Florida. Look when Mac Brown coached at UNC he turned the whole football program around and had the Tarheels ranked as high as 8 in the country. But he still wasn't getting the schlolarships like the other football schools were. So when Texas offered him the job he took it. I can't much blame him. But if they hire a good coach and that would actually stay then the Heels would definately be a top 25 school every year. But probally won't happen anytime soon though especially the way the basketball program is going.\n\nGO HEELS!!!
855111
Money wise yes, but UNC is a program that will not be able to get top level recruiting classes year after year, nor will they be able to maintain a competitive team in the ACC being who they are.  Davis might end up there if the money is right but it wont help UNC football at all.  People want immediate results and UNC is about a 5 year project.
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Bowl Championship System\n\nControversy because at the end of the year, there are always more then two teams that deserve a shot at the national title.\n\nShould stay the way it is because, well most analysts use the reason of this way every game counts. One loss, you are more then likely not going to get in. Two losses you are out 99.9% of the time. That is unlike any other sports system in the any sport.\n\nShould be eliminated because it doesn't always have the correct two teams in the championship game, subjective though, and some teams play different at the end of the year then in the beginning so you don't always have the best teams up in the polls.\n\nAlternative would probably be a playoff system. More then likely the top 8 teams in the polls have a one and out playoffs. 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 and then continue until you got a championship.
931285
They sure do. I use to think they should have a 4 team playoff, where the final game would be played during the bye-week before the Superbowl. But in a year like this, how could you even pick 4 teams let alone 2? Ohio State is a clear #1. But deciding between Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, USC, Arkansas, West Virginia, etc for the other 3 spots would be just as hard. It must go to an 8 team playoff. The disparity between 1 and 8 is great enough where teams sitting outside of the 8 selected teams wouldn't have much to gripe about. \n\nOnly two things are standing in the way: money (which could be resolved through a revenue sharing system) and time (remember these guys are students and need time for school).
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I think although they thought in the beginning that it would stop the building of super teams, it being the salary cap has become the NRL's worst nightmare. The emphasis on the game has been taken from the love of the game to how much money can I make. My club, the Panthers have come under fire for it themselves, but there are some that abuse it more than others and do seem to get concessions or lesser punishments. While ever the NRL keep changing the rules, clubs will keep looking for ways to beat them and in turn there will be those that make the mistake of breaching. Sponsorship of players and Private deals begin to cloud things and they are the points that I believe were not properly thought out before implementation of the salary cap. Its ruining the game to a degree so one way or another I hope they work it all out soon hey.
694743
OK, OK, here we go.............\n\nFirst I will address the concerns some of you have about a playoff.\n\nIT WILL MAKE THE REGULAR SEASON MEANINGLESS - and you cite the NCAA basketball tournament.  First of all, there is no need to include 65 teams.  I would make it "a tough to get in" 16 teams - the so called 5 BCS conference champions plus 11 at large teams to be voted in.  The "at large" category takes care of the independents (ie - Notre Dame) and the so called mid majors (non BCS) conferences.\n\nTHE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WOULD LOSE MONEY - This is complete nonsense.  A few years back, a corporation which wanted to promote such a 16 team tournament, offered about 3 to 4 times that amount of money that all the bowl games combined.  The predominant reason it has not happened is that the bowl sponsors and the Bowl Committees would not get the money for their personal pockets.  It's a matter of self interest, not what's best for the colleges or college football fans.  By the way, the Bowl committees are a bunch of do nothings who because of connections sit around and collect allot of money for doing nothing special!\n\nAn NCAA football tournament would soon be more popular than the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl!  We would finally have a true national champion.  Under the current system,  an undefeated team in a weak conference which plays a bunch of non-conference nobodies could easily be in the BCS title game.\nSuch a team might not even be one of the best 15 in the nation!
219284
It depends on which division.
735688
Without a doubt! This year screams for a playoff system. You have no less than six teams who could win it all. Keep the bowl system and make the BCS bowls a playoff. Two many teams are gonna get shafted this year with only two teams having the chance to win it all. I for one would love to see OSU, Mich, USC, Notre Dame, Florida, and maybe Ark, ACC winner, or Big 12 winner actually have to win a couple of games in the "postseason" to EARN  a championship in NCAA football. To tell the fans that only two teams are worthy of the championship when there are over 100 div 1 football teams is crazy. March Madness needs to to be brought to DEC/JAN in the form of a six or eight team playoff system.
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yea it is a pretty good reason too, it is MONEY!!!\n\nA playoff system would negate all of these stupid bowl games every year and that would cost the NCAA millions and millions of advertising dollars, so as long as the money hungry NCAA has a say so then we are stuck with this lousy BCS crap.
245270
Ummm, I think it is too late.\n\nCollege football is still great, but when the D-1A is the only major sporting event without a playoff system... something is wrong there.\n\nThey need AT LEAST a plus one system, where if there are more than 2 teams that deserve a shot at the title they can get it.\n\nBut some people would argue that the entire season is like a long playoff, loose once and you are probably out of the running for the title.\n\nThat is my opinion.
68035
I think it would allow smaller teams to have a much better shot a winning bigger games than the bcs. and it would have the national championship game with he only two undefeted teams (if there are any)
744083
In response to the one comment already made, it wouldn't be impossible to have a 16 team playoff.  Division I-AA and the other ones all use a 16 team playoff to decide a champion.  The only changes that would need to be made would probably be a cut in the number of games (no more 12 game seasons) and the elimination of conference championship games.  The main reason is that bowl revenue is a huge chunk of cash that would be gone if they went to a playoff system.\n\nAlso, in response to the poster of the question: I-AAA doesn't have a playoff system in place because I-AAA is the classification for non-football playing Division I teams.