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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 8650, member: 895"] That's not why. It's no disrespect to Jake, but there are a number of reasons and that's not the main one. Let me ask you this: do you think they're really going to miss out on 4-5 times more revenue just because they don't want the NCAA managing a playoff? That's not even remotely realistic if one really starts to think about it. Jim Delany said in 2005 before Congress that there would be roughly four times as much money from a playoff than the BCS system. Even if the NCAA ran it, the additional monies would be overwhelming. If you ran a business and were making $100k per year, and someone came to you and said they would guarantee you making $400k a year net and all you had to do was let another person share in some additional revenue, would you really pass that up just so you can run it all to yourself? Maybe you would, maybe some others might, but most people would not. While it's probably true the BCS was initially set up to avoid having the other FBS conferences getting a piece of the pie, the reason the BCS continues is because of the enormous job the bowls have done with their payola of athletic directors and presidents. Read Death to the BCS... it exposes the underbelly of the BCS and why it continues today. These guys are putting their own interests before the interests of schools. When it comes down to it, these presidents ARE the NCAA. Again, let me reiterate this: the NCAA is going to three subdivisions most likely. It's been discussed for several months and was brought up again at this retreat last month. I promise you if this is passed, they'll scrap the BCS and go to a playoff. There's no other reason to go to three subdivisions. [/QUOTE]

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