The world of college football, and really college sports in general, has been turned on its head in the last couple years, what with the advent of players being able to make money off of their name, image, and likeness (affectionately referred to as NIL) and transfer between schools without...
The world of college football, and really college sports in general, has been turned on its head in the last couple years, what with the advent of players being able to make money off of their name, image, and likeness and transfer between schools without sitting out any time. It's the damn wild, wild West out there, and yet, from a viewership standpoint, college football is as popular as ever.
With that, we now discuss the new 12 team College Football Playoff, which for a decade has only involved four teams. Expansion like this has everything to do with money -- ticket money, sponsorship money, and the golden goose, media rights money. So while all of these changes feel a tad dirty, because of the mercenary slant, I myself am still counting down the days to the 12 team playoff extravaganza.
The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff will begin with the first CFP First Round game on Friday, December 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN. First round action will continue on Saturday, December 21, as TNT Sports will present games at noon and 4 p.m., while ABC and ESPN…This is something for which I've been clamoring for a long time. The atmosphere on a regular season college football Saturday at the schools in this type of conversation is already off the charts.
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