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.
With this would you still keep bowl games for all of the other schools? I think that would have to happen to keep up the revenue for the other schools so there wouldn't be an even wider spread frustration with the system, and then I wonder if it would impact those bowl games at all. I don't think it would much even though some people say it will, most schools will still be excited for a bowl game and same with the companies that run these games so I think it would work to have them both together.
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