President-Elect Obama is not a fan of the current structure of the BCS and wants a playoff system- thus gratifying most of America- and he's a serious hoops fan, which is pretty cool as well...
I think the problem people have the playoff system is the Bowl system. I know that seems kind of counter-productive, but people like the Bowls. People want their teams to get to a Bowl. And a playoff system would undermine that a bit- but there's a solution:
1. Detach all the bowls from any future playoff system- but make the national title game a bowl- have it rotate around like it does now.
2. Make it an Elite 8- that way you don't get bogged down with like 20 teams. You could still take into account things like strength of schedule and conference and not totally disenfranchise sports pundits everywhere. (So that way sports writers won't be asking Congress for a bailout.)
3. Leave the rest of the Bowls alone. This allows teams to still have the rewards of a seriously good season. Say you're a team like Minnesota or Northwestern- and maybe you're not going to make it into the Big Dance because your non-conference schedule is easy cheese, but you still have a kick-ass season. I think you should get to go to a bowl. Easy as pie.
It's kind of weird, but it keeps the traditions of the Bowl system, the elitism of the current BCS system (with Step #2) and keeps everyone happy. That's my take on it, anyway.
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