(12-23-2018 06:21 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 05:50 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 05:43 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 05:36 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 05:16 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Like I said, some are still under the illusion that FBS is one United division rather than two subdivisions pretending to be one division

This pretending was always mutually beneficial

Akron got to pretend it was on the same level as Alabama for promoting itself and Alabama got to pretend that beating Akron was a good enough win to count toward bowl eligibility

But these days, with bowls being completely irrelevant the P side of the deal is no longer as sweet and useful as it once was while the G side continues to get their benefit

If the Gs want to upset the apple cart by demanding their champs be put in the playoff then the charade is no longer beneficial to the P5 and they will end it and separate into their own division

All of that is because the NCAA is a lame joke that has allowed itself to be completely corrupted by money.

No, actually, the NCAA tried to keep control of FBS money and did so for 6 years, from 1978 - 1984. Back then G5 schools got essentially the same media money as the P5 did, there was just one big national TV contract controlled by the NCAA and shared pretty much equally across all schools.

It was the power teams that went to court to be able to negotiate their own TV deals, and they won in court, which paved the way for Wake Forest making more media money than the entire AAC and Sun Belt put together.

So if you don't like this situation, blame the US constitution, which permits capitalism, more valuable entities exploiting their value without having to share that money with less valuable entities.

There is already a wildly profitable pro football league that manages to share revenue equally, and ensure all teams have an equal playing field. It's odd that the sport's amateur league fails at all of that and manages to be so corrupt that it's oversight body has become a complete laughingstock.

Are your talking about that league game with only 32 teams that can actually control its membership? Because despite having media revenue sharing individual teams are still able to differentiate themselves by gate revenue and other measures that allow the Cowboys to be worth 5 billion dollars versus say the Jaguars.

In general, I'm talking about NCAA FBS. The one sport in the world where conference /division/league champs are left out of the playoff for the sole purpose of a few teams keeping more money for themselves while in the guise of being non profit institutions.