24/25 ESPN owns the CFP and the bowl system TV contracts.
26ff are all up for bid.
Joel Klatt brought this up on a very recent podcast.
Furthermore, the 3rd & 4th round CFP games haven't sold for 23/24. Why are they not getting the interest from the networks.
I suspect 2 reasons and could be more:
1. Everyone is pissed at ESPN and their control over CFB post season. As well how ESPN commands the SEC narrative...
Games at the highest seeds home field will explode revenues. Common sense.
2. Everyone is hesitant in that they do not want blow out games which are uncompetitive.
This then begs the question, (at least in my mind)
to ask, "Was the move to 12 teams rather than 8 teams the best move currently?
An 8 team play off should have put the quarterfinals and semi-finals at the higher seeds home field.
In this year's case Alabama would be at Michigan in the BIG House and Texas in Seattle.
These games would be epic and this is how the CFP should have been set up.
Home field is an advantage the higher seeded teams should have enjoyed IMHO.
But the 12 teams are where we're at.
Let's see how it plays out.
26ff are all up for bid.
Joel Klatt brought this up on a very recent podcast.
Furthermore, the 3rd & 4th round CFP games haven't sold for 23/24. Why are they not getting the interest from the networks.
I suspect 2 reasons and could be more:
1. Everyone is pissed at ESPN and their control over CFB post season. As well how ESPN commands the SEC narrative...
Games at the highest seeds home field will explode revenues. Common sense.
2. Everyone is hesitant in that they do not want blow out games which are uncompetitive.
This then begs the question, (at least in my mind)
to ask, "Was the move to 12 teams rather than 8 teams the best move currently?
An 8 team play off should have put the quarterfinals and semi-finals at the higher seeds home field.
In this year's case Alabama would be at Michigan in the BIG House and Texas in Seattle.
These games would be epic and this is how the CFP should have been set up.
Home field is an advantage the higher seeded teams should have enjoyed IMHO.
But the 12 teams are where we're at.
Let's see how it plays out.
