Playoffs can create more revenue

As sad as it seems, even college football is being corrupted with big money making ways. Even though the players do not get paid for their efforts, the colleges sure do!! This article in the Orlando Sentinel ranks the schools by the total revenue they took in during the 2007-08 year. Some noteworthy schools include BYU who took in over 36 million during that year. This money is gained through many sources. Tickets sold provides a big percent of the income, also TV contracts and other advertisement methods make up this large sum of money.
College Football is the top earner above all other college sports. This revenue gained is very important to the school. The money goes directly to the school and can lead to better on campus facilities and can be used as the university desires.
Implementing a college football playoff would increase the revenue to these schools. TV contracts to show these very intense playoff games would be sold at a very high price.
Also, currently each school plays 12 regular season games and occasionally a conference championship game. If the team is invited to a Bowl game they play one post season game. A playoff would extend the season, creating more games for these schools. More games equals more money for these money making universities.

Regular Season Enhancement

Some people think that creating a playoff for college football would ruin the best part of college football, the regular season. As it is, the regular season is pretty much like a playoff because if you lose a game you pretty much can kiss your national championship aspirations goodbye.
With an 8 team playoff, the stakes would be the same. You have to be an 'elite' team to qualify for the playoff. Just think of our current March Madness, then add the most popular sport in America and you've got a recipe for a great season with tons of fan following.
TV ratings would sore for both the regular season and the playoffs. Hype would be even greater because of the elimination possibility.
Think of the possibilities!!

Bowl Traditions Kept

One of the biggest fears of bowl committee chairmen and college presidents with a playoff is the fear that the bowl games themselves will lose their long storied history. The Rose Bowl for example has been a staple on New Years day for nearly a century. It is kicked off every New Years with the Rose Bowl Parade. Each year the game features the winners of the powerful Pac-10 conference against the winner of the Big-10 conference. The Rose Bowl is packed with over 90,000 excited fans and the TV ratings are enormous. It is a big production that produces a lot of revenue. The same goes for many other bowl games.
My proposed playoff will not lose these traditions. In fact, the traditions will be intensified, as the winners of these games will continue to play. Each of the four big bowls, Sugar, Fiesta, Rose, and Orange, will be used as semi-final and final games to determine a champion. The excitement will be tremendous. The teams will be playing for much more than simply a 'bowl victory.'
The games will continue to be played and the money will continue to come in for these teams, conferences, and bowl games.