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<blockquote data-quote="Charleston Mountie" data-source="post: 131126144" data-attributes="member: 1427666">I learned a long time ago to never say never when it comes to why college football is the way it is and more so, never to under estimate the power of the court system to affect college football.Money.You are holding your view because you think that those in the P5 conferences will not part with it. But, the power is not in the conferences when it comes to this nor is the money. Where do those conferences get their money and thus their power. Media deals, chiefly ESPN, but the other networks play into the scenario as well.Your argument works so long as you limit the criteria to football playoff settled on the field. It is not even like that now with 4 and it wasn't like that in the BCS. Both set ups were decided by people sitting at a table and running beauty contest polls all season to set that table. The most important matchups were decided because of marketing appeal and who was paying who.A playoff expansion will be based on that. Rankings will be what they say they are. G5s and Notre Dame will be in, no matter how much it offends your &quot;on-the-field-limitation' because there is money, good PR and a way to avoid a court room. It is not about football, but it never really has been.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charleston Mountie, post: 131126144, member: 1427666"] I learned a long time ago to never say never when it comes to why college football is the way it is and more so, never to under estimate the power of the court system to affect college football. Money. You are holding your view because you think that those in the P5 conferences will not part with it. But, the power is not in the conferences when it comes to this nor is the money. Where do those conferences get their money and thus their power. Media deals, chiefly ESPN, but the other networks play into the scenario as well. Your argument works so long as you limit the criteria to football playoff settled on the field. It is not even like that now with 4 and it wasn't like that in the BCS. Both set ups were decided by people sitting at a table and running beauty contest polls all season to set that table. The most important matchups were decided because of marketing appeal and who was paying who. A playoff expansion will be based on that. Rankings will be what they say they are. G5s and Notre Dame will be in, no matter how much it offends your "on-the-field-limitation' because there is money, good PR and a way to avoid a court room. It is not about football, but it never really has been. [/QUOTE]

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