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This is actually why the 24-team playoff is bad. Or one of the reasons. And why this potential Big Ten/SEC opening week show down is also a bad idea and makes the 24-team expansion even worse. The novelty will eventually wear off.

We are seeing matchups we don’t normally see still, so it’s still fresh and cool. The 1st time LSU and Michigan play EVER? Will be a huge deal. The 2nd time likely will be too. But what about when we’re playing them for the 3rd time in 5 years? WE will care. THEY will care. But will anybody else unless it’s in the final or semi finals? These opening games will have no juice for anybody outside each teams’ fanbases. Because the outcomes won’t really matter. They’ll basically be exhibition games.

That is the fear of too much expansion. It dilutes the regular season as a whole by lowering the stakes for any individual game. It may take 3 or 4 years, may take 10. But regular season viewership is bubble that is eventually going to burst. Not because people won’t still tune in to watch their teams’ games, but because they will stop watching as much of the other teams’ games. They will wait till the playoffs. Just like they do for college basketball. And I can’t imagine a true college football fan wants it to turn into anything like that. But it’s coming.

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I’ve been trying to think of a scenario where direct competitors within a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, actively police and enforce penalties on one another, and I can’t think of a single one. There’s probably a reason you don’t see this type of thing. The enterprise will self-destruct.

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