In order to organize a college football playoff system would you boycott the Rose Bowl?

An article from sportswriter Dan Wetzel places the blame for a lack of a playoff system on the arrangement between the Big 10 and PAC-10 with the Rose Bowl. It seems the only way and it makes sense is to hurt the bottom line of the Rose Bowl and the powerbase of Big 10 commissioner Delany. So don't attend the function or watch it on TV.
In order to organize a college football playoff system would you boycott the Rose Bowl?
This is true to an extent. It's not just The big ten and Pac ten it's the other large conferences too. No one wants to give up the money the schools get directly. In a play off system like March Madness the network carrying the event gets all the revenue. The first round losers get X amount, the second round losers get X amount, and so on. Even if UCLA is a number one seed and number one through out the year, they lose the first round, they're assed out of the payday.



This is why Florida lobbied so hard to get into the National Championship. They'll get a bigger payday even if they lose.



I myself want a play off as much as everyone else but I don't think we're going to see one for a while. Bummer!!!!



Fight On!!!
Reply:Why a playoff system? This just feeds the frenzy of athletics over academics and to play to win at all costs! If sports fanatics want a playoff system for young players, then let them start up junior football leagues that don't require academic participation. Sheesh.
Reply:trying to boycott the rosebowl would be like trying to get people to boycott shopping to take the commericalism out of christmas. The rose bowl is really the only bowl game that matters. And yes i agree that the Rose Bowl- and all bowl games are more about money greed than about the love of football. Have you noticed how it seem that they invent a new bowl game every other season? I just worked at the Poinsettia Bowl a couple weeks ago. Two obscure small schools TCU and NIU played and TCU killed em'. What was the point? Money. The stadium makes money, the city, sponsors, everyone but the players get paid off of a worthless quasi championship game.
Reply:Boycott all NCAA football until they go to playoffs. Use the top 32 teams. It would take 5 weeks. The BCS take longer than that. The 33rd place team could not realistically claim they are a contender. If you only used 16 teams, It is possible the 17th place team may have a reasonable claim. Also 32 teams would provide plenty of $ from corporate sponsors.
Reply:Ummm... no everyone will come around eventually and the Rose Bowl is the "Grandaddy of 'em all"
Reply:why boycot the rose bowl? What's wrong with the Rosebowl?
Reply:If you want to hurt Delaney, stop going to Big Ten games. If the schools start seeing a drop in revenue because fans are pissed, they might get the message.
Reply:no the rose bowl would be the semi finals
Reply:I would think they could play all of the playoff games in those bowls. Just not actually call them "Sugar Bowl" or "Fiesta Bowl" etc...but still have the same sponsers. The money would still be there from the fans attending and the TV contracts. Then maybe have the championship game in the Rose Bowl or something. No matter what they say, I still feel the biggest reason why they don't have a playoff system in CFB is because of the belief that money would be lost. But they could easily arrange it so that doesn't happen.