upnorthkid
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will it? i think that's the question that the powers that be are going to try answer. they care about advertising dollars and eyeballs more than anything and I think their calculus has clearly shown they prefer getting the best (ie most blue blood) teams in the tournament as they have the largest fan bases and most known viewership eyes. sure the plucky underdog is a fun story, but fans are going to turn that TV off real quick if they give up a pair of TDs early (like everyone who turned off Oregon-Liberty at half time). I think for love of the game and what college athletics is about, yeah absolutely they should do this, but I don't know if it's definitive that this would drive more viewership dollars in a sport very different from March Madness where upsets happen, but people are flipping to that channel when it's close in the 4th quarter, not watching the 1-16 matchup start to finish unless it's in multiview.I agree with a lot of you that top 25 conference champs should be in. Does this actually make financial sense for the TV networks? Most of us don’t care if the third or fourth place B1G or SEC teams get in. If you lose two or more games, you should be out of contention! Bye bye Alabama! How hilarious would it be to see their fans’ reactions if they were already out of the CFP? It’s more interesting (less boring) if the blue bloods don’t get in even during their “bad” years.
Let some David’s get in vs. the Goliaths. That will drive viewership, allowing more areas of the country to have hope they can occasionally get in will expand reach and TV dollars, right? Isn’t that part of the value in the college basketball tournament?
Maybe that would decrease the chances of a mid-level B1G team like the Gophers getting in, but a part of me just thinks it would be fun to see more variety. And some of those teams will actually have a chance to win a game on occasion with the portal leveling things out a bit.