Quote Originally Posted by Tuscon View Post
I really don't understand the logic there either. Have they not seen March Madness? Many pay ZERO attention to basketball until then. All of the teams in a playoff system would garner national attention even at the first round. It seems to me you pad your pockets by making people play for something and having every game attract the eyes of the nation rather than a region.
I believe the market analysis showed that the NCAA would more than double their money by doing just an 8 game playoff. The catch is that money would be divided among EVERYONE instead of just to the Big 6 conferences. It would still be an overall increase, but then the Big 6 start to lose a little bit of power.