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.
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