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Is bigger really better? All around sports, it feels like we are getting more of everything. The NFL now has 17 games in a regular season. The NBA has recently started holding a play-in tournament just before the playoffs. MLB has expanded its playoffs to include a wild-card round. Even college basketball is looking at the possibility of expanding the NCAA Tournament beyond the 68 teams that currently qualify for March Madness. In some cases, it feels like too much, since in reality, you’re not going to see those teams who only earned postseason spots because of playoff expansion going on to win it all.
It’s not that I don’t love there being more college football to watch, I just don’t feel like a 16-team College Football Playoff is necessary. A 12-team playoff already feels like too much, especially when you consider the wear and tear it puts on college athletes. While those concerns are a little easier to stomach now that college football players are being compensated with NIL deals, the expansion of the playoff is getting out of hand. How often are we going to see teams that fall in the expanded section of the playoffs truly contending for the title? We’d probably see teams that fall in the 12 to 16 range of the field making even the semifinals just a handful of times.
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It’s understandable why the CFP field keeps expanding. If you air it, they will…
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