Is THIS the Future of College Football Playoffs??

[RDU VOL#14]

ESPN Seemingly Makes Its Stance on CFB Playoff Expansion, Differs From Danny White | Rocky Top Insider

ESPN makes its stance on the potential of College Football Playoff expansion, differs from Tennessee AD Danny White's thoughts on things.

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After Staples posted Phillips’ quote about ESPN to X on Wednesday, a user followed up by asking him if ESPN is just worried that it won’t be able to cover enough of the games.

“Not exactly,” Staples replied. “They own exclusive rights to a 14-team CFP. Go bigger, and those extra games get sold on the open market. So either ESPN has to put up or Fox (probably) gets them.”

With this information, it’s no surprise that ESPN wants to keep its hold on the entirety of the CFP slate and not let any of its competitors touch the golden goose. But ESPN doesn’t hold the same opinion as several other prominent figures or entities around the college football world, including Tennessee AD Danny White.

Of course the ACC and Big 12 want a bigger CFP. They want more than 1 or 2 teams to get in. I’m personally in favor of a 16 team CFP. I think that 12 could be the right number, but there are too many dumb rules that have to allow a G5 school to be involved, that Notre Dame automatically gets in as long as they’re top 12, that league champs automatically get in, even if their champ is not very good (looking at Duke last year, this is coming from a Duke fan btw). If you’re going to keep those same rules make it 16 and keep as many games as possible on campus. It’s asinine for the top 4 teams to play a neutral site game instead of a home game.

 

[WillisWG]

Of course the ACC and Big 12 want a bigger CFP. They want more than 1 or 2 teams to get in. I’m personally in favor of a 16 team CFP. I think that 12 could be the right number, but there are too many dumb rules that have to allow a G5 school to be involved, that Notre Dame automatically gets in as long as they’re top 12, that league champs automatically get in, even if their champ is not very good (looking at Duke last year, this is coming from a Duke fan btw). If you’re going to keep those same rules make it 16 and keep as many games as possible on campus. It’s asinine for the top 4 teams to play a neutral site game instead of a home game.

I would be OK with 16 and no bye, with 12 you have to have a bye. I'm okay with dropping the CG and playing 11 RS games but no FCS vs FBS match-ups

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Kaiden’s idea is my favorite thus far .

 

[ftsandersvol]

Eliminate it and force Notre Dame to join a Conference. There should be no independents.

We just need to declare ourselves independent, schedule a bunch of low-tier P4 teams, and demand the CFP committee guarantee us a playoff spot if we finish in the top 12. If it’s good enough for ND, it’s good enough for us.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

 

[RDU VOL#14]

At least someone understands

 

[Power_Sweep_Vol]

SEC makes $100mm a year from the SEC Championship game. They aren't giving that up, nor should they.

 

[Frozevol]

I would expect the opposite of that to occur. There’s going to be more content to consume and potentially a greater number of networks involved . I heard a rumor going around that CBS could possibly lose the nfl in the next year due to a renegotiation. They could have some extra $$ floating around .

Agreed they will add more TV timeouts before they’ll ever reduce them. Makes it all more reason to keep the remote handy and better yet just wait until the game is over and watch on YouTube.