BCS vs Playoff - 論點論據，名人的態度

對CollegeFootball最大的爭論，BCS or PLAYOFF GOOGLE了一下：

Arguments For

BCS
• Creates a playoff atmosphere throughout the season.
• Uses the traditional college bowl games

Playoff
• Decides the better team in head-to-head competition.
• Would be easy to implement using the current system of Bowl games.
• Would create a lot of interest and excitement in post-season play.
• Would eliminate, or at least limit, doubt or controversy.
• The majority of fans seem to want it.
• A playoff system seems to work just fine in I-AA, II and III.
• It's the only fair way to decide who the best team is.
• Adding another Bowl game to hold a true national championship game would generate millions of dollars.

Arguments Against

BCS
• Allows the National Champions to be crowned based on statistics and personal opinion.
• Produces a controversial champion as often as it produces an undisputed winner.
• One off game can eliminate a team from contention.
• Smaller non-BCS conferences are at a disadvantage.

Playoff
• Would diminish the value of the regular season.
• An already-long season would have to be extended.
Would take more time away from acedemics.

Where it Stands

The current BCS contract runs through the 2010 bowl season, so we may not see a playoff system in major college football for quite some time.


Case Against a Playoff in Football (by By NY Times' HARVEY ARATON)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/sports/ncaafootball/10araton.html?em


Pro Playoff Coaches

Pete Carroll （USC）/Joe Paterno（PSU）

Paterno backs college playoff system: Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is lobbying again for major college football playoff,

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3408761

PETE CARROLL: BCS STINKS, WE NEED A PLAYOFF

http://www.collegefootballtalk.com/2008/11/04/pete-carroll-bcs-stinks-we-need-a-playoff/



BUT: …(引自：Geoff’s WhereIstand )

The BCS vs. Playoff debate…

…is not as unanimous a consensus as the common fan - or certain political officials - would like to have you believe. No doubt, a playoff is the majority - how else could a single dissension from the father of a public figure be the subject of a column headline in the New York Times?

After reading Harvey Araton’s aforementioned column, Case against a Playoff in Football, I thought I’d set the record strait. Examining our playoff issue, there undoubtedly remains a small but influential contingent of public figures who believe not only that a playoff is not the answer, but that the BCS still is:

Pro BCS and Anti-playoff

Sports media>

Greg Cote (Miami Herald)

Tim Cowlishaw (Dallas Morning Star)
Dennis Dodd (CBSSportsline)
Mike Greenberg (ESPN Radio)
Terence Moore (AJC)
Bill Plaschke (LA Times)
Dan Shanoff (The Sporting News)
Jason Whitlock (KC Star)
Berry Tramel (Oklahoman)

Coaches>
Bobby Bowden (FSU)
Bill Callahan (former Nebraska coach)
Les Miles (LSU)
Rich Rodriquez (Michigan)
Jim Tressel (Ohio St.)

Just Anti-Playoff

Sports media>

Chicago Tribune (editorial board)

Colin Cowherd (ESPN Radio)
Matt Hayes (Sporting News)
Ivan Maisel (ESPN.com)
Drew Sharp (Detroit Freep)
Mike Vaccaro (NY Post)
George Vecsey (NYT)

Coaches>

Mark Mangino (Kansas)
Bill Stewart (WVU)
Bobby Petrino (Arkansas)

Misc.>
Matt Leinart

[Update: shit just got serious: AP reports that Texas Congressman Joe Barton introduced legislation that would force a playoff on college football]


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