Bowl games becoming more irrelevant with players opting out
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From what CMR is saying, this is about money, the dissolution of Bowl games as they are now and keeping the players attention to their home team throughout the completion of the season. HIs recommendation would make more sense if the 32 teams were cut down to to 8. Those 8 would play in 4 "bowl games" that would end up with 4 teams playing in the 2 semi-final bowl games that would give us the the remaining 2 teams to play in the ultimate bowl game for the National Championship. This system would add 3 games to the regular season, playoff #1 which eliminates 4 team, playoff #2 which eliminates all but the final 2 teams who will play for the national championship. This system will add three weeks to the season and preserve the bowl games' involvement. Conference championship game could be a victim, but there are ways to solve this as well.
This seems to make sense.
I like your idea. I, too, believe an eight-team playoff works best, but I still say that ALL FIVE Power 5 champions deserve an automatic bid. Otherwise, where's the "power" in being Power 5? Only the "major" bowls have true relevance anyway, so use them as a stepping stone to the National Championship. The other bowls can disappear for all I care. They're just there to make ESPN money.
I'm old enough to remember when bowl games were just fun to watch (especially when there were no other games on TV) and when the players seemed to enjoy playing the games.
I get that it's all about the championship run, but for a lot of these teams, the students and the fans, playing in the weedeater bowl was a big deal.
