MWC/CUSA cluster commissioner proposes a 16 team playoff plan, said to be worth at least $650 million. Doesn't say where that money will come from, exactly, but talks about how it would be distributed.
Interesting setup:
1st Round home games for higher seeds (held the week after conference championship games)
2nd Round at current BCS bowl sites (on Jan 1 or 2)
Semifinals at home for higher seeds
Bowls bid on hosting the championship game (here's where the biggest money could come from?)
http://dennis-dodd.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/32830148
Meanwhile, an NCAA task force provided some recommendations for how to handle some bowl game issues. The article has several brief points, but it is interesting that now is the time they start talking about academic topics (as quoted below). Lots of potential impacts if they act on any of the recommendations and I wonder if playoff proponents have made any headway considering there is this much focus still on the bowl structure.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7128573/ncaa-task-force-recommends-oversight-minimum-apr-bowl-game-eligibility
Co-chaired by Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman, the task force has proposed a ban from bowls for Division I teams that don't reach 930 -- out of 1,000 -- on the Academic Progress Rate, which measures academic performance through eligibility and retention.
The task force has also called for all bowls to be played during a three-week window to fall in line with the academic calendar so student-athletes don't miss as much time in class
Would love a playoff... Would be bigger than march madness.
16 is too many teams, but not surprising coming from MWC which would stand little chance of getting in if it were only 8.
8 teams sounds about right. 16 is way too many