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<blockquote data-quote="wma500" data-source="post: 2015311" data-attributes="member: 591991"><p>I'd argue the power brokers here are giving the audience exactly what they want. Top teams, playing other top teams, with a defined playoff system to crown a champion. </p><p></p><p>We are an NFL nation, and we want the Saturday version of it, and they're giving it to us. Sure, it's being wrapped in school logos and colors and tradition and pageantry, but in substance, it's AAA NFL. The fans are driving this all, if you ask me. That smart business people have continued to find ways to monetize it, to benefit the universities (and soon, hopefully players), is just logical. </p><p></p><p>If some small subset of fans want to watch Kent State vs Toledo, they'll still be able to do so. Yes, there may be teams/schools that get unjustly left out (WSU, OSU come to mind), but the tent is only so big. We want Ohio State and Georgia, Texas and Michigan, and they're going to make sure we get it. </p><p></p><p>As someone who was raised in the era of the old bowl system, do I like it? No, but I understand it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wma500, post: 2015311, member: 591991"] I'd argue the power brokers here are giving the audience exactly what they want. Top teams, playing other top teams, with a defined playoff system to crown a champion. We are an NFL nation, and we want the Saturday version of it, and they're giving it to us. Sure, it's being wrapped in school logos and colors and tradition and pageantry, but in substance, it's AAA NFL. The fans are driving this all, if you ask me. That smart business people have continued to find ways to monetize it, to benefit the universities (and soon, hopefully players), is just logical. If some small subset of fans want to watch Kent State vs Toledo, they'll still be able to do so. Yes, there may be teams/schools that get unjustly left out (WSU, OSU come to mind), but the tent is only so big. We want Ohio State and Georgia, Texas and Michigan, and they're going to make sure we get it. As someone who was raised in the era of the old bowl system, do I like it? No, but I understand it. [/QUOTE]
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