tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post6976578633402453874..comments2024-01-24T13:11:53.844-05:00Comments on The National Championship Issue: Money, Competition, Bowls, & "Deserve"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-78308624805452896452013-02-22T18:24:51.198-05:002013-02-22T18:24:51.198-05:00Well I would call money as the number one but comp...Well I would call money as the number one but competition brings more money. price per head serviceshttp://www.hostpph.com/pay-per-head/index.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-49573023217820059312011-12-14T10:23:30.257-05:002011-12-14T10:23:30.257-05:00I am completely agree with your article and of cou...I am completely agree with your article and of course all these terms mixed are good ideasafemedshttp://www.safemedspharmacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-18428204345901870102009-11-20T08:30:00.177-05:002009-11-20T08:30:00.177-05:00A very good point. Even though it's apparent t...A very good point. Even though it's apparent that the non-bowling teams obviously need more practice time than the bowling teams (it certainly wouldn't hurt, anyways), it's the bowling teams who get the extra practice time. Just another example of the rich getting richer.Ed Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618165280932470376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-54070414490032858082009-11-19T22:17:13.225-05:002009-11-19T22:17:13.225-05:00One thing you failed to mention is the impact and ...One thing you failed to mention is the impact and importance of the bowl games to a college's football program. You'd need to check the NCAA rules for details, but colleges that do not participate in a bowl game may not have practices after their final game of the season. <br /><br />A bowl-bound team is allowed a significant number (it is still limited to a finite number) of football practices until that team has played its final game (which will be the bowl game). I don't know what the number is ... let's pretend that the NCAA permitted number of practices is 10. You will see bowl teams playing early games (i.e. prior to Christmas), schedule and use up all 10 of their permitted practices in early December no matter what. The bowl teams that play their games on New Year's Day and later can afford to let the student-athletes study and take semester final exams before focusing on their 10 additional practices. <br /><br />Football teams that do not play in a bowl game miss valuable practice time. This topic could easily be made into a new post.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547411203590217624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-2609095595211020812009-11-18T10:29:17.475-05:002009-11-18T10:29:17.475-05:00ESPN has added 10 bowl games because it ends up be...ESPN has added 10 bowl games because it ends up being cheap reality TV, much cheaper than even a studio show.<br /><br />The teams pay for their way to the game, losing money on minor bowls (but the university can still money from donors...). The fans pay their own way as well. So ESPN gets a lot of football games at almost no cost to itself --- what is not to like for ESPN?<br /><br />However, the fans are no longer buying, as demonstrated by the low ratings for last year's Outback Bowl on New Year's Day. No one wants to watch .500 teams get rewarded for bad seasons. Even Iowa's mighty fanbase could not increase ratings.<br /><br />Put last year's TCU-Boise match-up (3.7 ratings for a pre-Christmas game --- amazing, actually) in the same place and the game gets a 6 or 7, or maybe more.<br /><br />People want to watch good match-ups. The bowls only care about ratings at TV contract time, because the key the rest of the time is filling the stands. <br /><br />But the Big East and ACC are really failing to produce TV ratings for the BCS bowls, or even the in-person attendance (since the Orange Bowl had about 20k empty seats last year). The Orange Bowl is just hoping for the Miami/FSU rival...PetePnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-57804071747499040632009-11-18T08:54:11.129-05:002009-11-18T08:54:11.129-05:00Good points, Pete. I agree that the addition of so...Good points, Pete. I agree that the addition of so many new bowls with just average teams has watered down the post-season - but they wouldn't keep adding games if there wasn't money to be made. It's a testament to how much the game has grown in the last decade. <br /><br />I'd say the one good thing to come out of so many new bowls is an increased opportunity to compare conferences. Instead of playing I-A cupcakes or I-AA schools, teams are forced to play opponents that are more comparable in record and ability, which usually makes for more interesting, competitive matchups.Ed Guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618165280932470376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793424786678923623.post-58513652862171796152009-11-18T02:04:03.163-05:002009-11-18T02:04:03.163-05:00Officially, most bowls are non-profits--charities ...Officially, most bowls are non-profits--charities in fact. ESPN does own some 10 minor bowls, but the rest are not. Of course, the bowls give almost no money to charity (as highlighted by the testimony of the Alamo bowl president in congress last summer). <br /><br />So, the bowls are by nature fake charities, frauds in reality.<br /><br />Of course, it is the very "traditional nature of the bowl system" that is the major obstacle to a playoff.<br /><br />Given the desire for bad teams from big state schools, why not just lower the requirement for bowls even below its current ridiculous level, letting teams with 3 or 4 FBS wins get bowl games?<br /><br />We could have 50 bowl games or even 60 bowl games.....<br /><br />I take the opposite position -- bowl games should only be allowed as a reward for good season --- 7 FBS wins of 12 game season and .500 record or better in conference play. The current standard is so watered down that half of the 10 ACC teams last year that went to bowl games could not have met this standard.<br /><br />Of course, for the BCS bowls, only the BCS title game and the Rose consistently draw really good ratings. The ACC and Big East have been big negatives for the BCS -- low rated bowls, poor attendance, etc., even more than non-BCS teams. <br /><br />Of course, New Year's Day and bad teams do not guarantee high ratings -- last year's Outback Bowl, featuring South Carolina & Iowa, had only a 3.1 rating.....PetePnoreply@blogger.com