On the other hand, you are replacing the revenue from the championship game with revenue from the playoff game. If you manage to have both, say 0laying the dead week after conference championship games you are adding new 4evenue. But I guess you make the scholars play one more game, so there is that.
The biggest hurdle for an expanded playoff are the Conference CG games, especially the SEC’s. In fact I would bet the SEC just would not eliminate it. And I don’t think ESPN is all that hot about writing another big check if the first round starts in early December with the NFL in full swing.
Maybe there could be hybrid schedules with some conferences with 12 games, others with 11 and a CG.
Or maybe there is a revision of four teams with stricter scheduling rules.
I doubt they will do nothing but a change is a big gamble with the present format doing better than expected.
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