Non-sports fanatic on the "Bowl Issue"

It seems like every year right about this time there is a consistent call for some serious changes to the college football "Bowl" games. Specifically about how the school teams are selected to play in which "Bowl" game and what that game signifies.

Every year there's a call to replace the current "BCS" system with a system that the ordinary sports fanatic can understand and track. Basically they want a playoff system.

Look, I've been hearing about this issue for YEARS now and if it takes a non-sports person to break the news to you, then fine, I'll do it. I'll be the bearer of bad news for you.

Playoff system? FUGGETABOUTIT!

Look, there's a really simple reason why the "BCS" is as complicated as it is today and why there will NEVER be a change to something simple, and that simple reason will blow your mind.

Much like the original "Rollerball" movie, the "BCS" was NEVER about "the game"! Ever! The Bowl Championships are about one thing and one thing only... MONEY! Greenbacks! Advertising dollars! It's all about who gets those dollars and the excuses they use to keep bringing those dollars in. That's why the same colleges seem to play in the same games every year and why their "rankings" are always in dispute.

Those colleges and universities that have teams that play in the "BCS" year after year know that if there is any kind of "playoff" situation that they could easily stand a chance of not making it. How would you like to explain to your administrative bosses and to your alumni and your "booster groups" that your college won't be on TV this year because they lost to some little college? Great news if you're from that little college... but it sucks if you're on the losing side of it.

Yes, it would be nice if the BCS system was completely remade into a single-game playoff series. Then a lot of the BS in the BCS would be eliminated. But that's not going to happen, folks. There's just way too much money involved to allow that kind of reform.