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re: How can they fix the bowls?
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:45 pm to Allthatfades
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:45 pm to Allthatfades
Except for the playoffs, push them to late spring and bill them as spring exhibition games.
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 12:46 pm
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Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:50 pm to Allthatfades
Most of them pit teams against each other that haven’t had a lot of success….those are going to be what they are no matter what. Some will match up teams on the come and those will be interesting. The fix is for 8 of them to pit the best 16 teams in the nation in the playoffs. The first round would be some dogs but the second and subsequent games would be as good as it gets. Byes for conference championships is ridiculous because winning the ACC or the Big10 is not the same as winning the SEC. It’s fixable but they gonna insist on continuing the beauty contest and do permanent damage to the second most popular past time in Ameria
Posted on 12/31/23 at 12:50 pm to Allthatfades
If the schools want to participate in Bowls, then the NIL contracts are going to have to be structured where there's a penalty for not finishing the season if the team is invited to a bowl.
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 12/31/23 at 1:07 pm to Allthatfades
They are dead to real football fans. As long as enough people watch to sell advertising the high number of shitty bowl games will continue.
Just how it is.
Just how it is.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 1:52 pm to Allthatfades
They need to adjust the calendar so that the non-playoff bowl games are completed prior to opening the transfer portal. The opt outs are what they are but if you make the portal AFTER the season ends I think you’d have a lot less players sitting out than we saw this season.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 1:56 pm to Allthatfades
1. Fewer bowl games
Most are not compelling. To do what I think is necessary, it is going to involve more prudent use of money from ESPN.
2. No conference tie-ins
The conference tie-ins are the chief reason the matchups are not compelling and often repeated in the upper-middle bowls. How many times have Wisconsin or Iowa and LSU played each other? Just roll the bowls under the CFP banner and largely share the revenue between the conferences/teams.
3. The bowls extend NIL contracts to the players
Gift bags and a trip to a local tourist venue is not enough. ESPN needs to seed the bowls with money to better encourage participation. For big time athletes, they can negotiate bigger deals.
Most are not compelling. To do what I think is necessary, it is going to involve more prudent use of money from ESPN.
2. No conference tie-ins
The conference tie-ins are the chief reason the matchups are not compelling and often repeated in the upper-middle bowls. How many times have Wisconsin or Iowa and LSU played each other? Just roll the bowls under the CFP banner and largely share the revenue between the conferences/teams.
3. The bowls extend NIL contracts to the players
Gift bags and a trip to a local tourist venue is not enough. ESPN needs to seed the bowls with money to better encourage participation. For big time athletes, they can negotiate bigger deals.
This post was edited on 12/31/23 at 1:58 pm
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