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Old 12-04-2006, 01:41 PM   #830
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Originally Posted by BCWWF
Team's with losing records have consistantly gotten into the NBA playoffs in the past couple years. There are only five teams in the NBA Eastern Conference that have winning records right now, and nobody in the Atlantic Division has a winning record. If the NFL playoffs started today, a .500 NFC team would make it.

So how can you tell me that all of these teams are deserving of making the playoffs? How can you say that the quality of sport isn't decreased by the top team's knowing that they don't have to play their best, because the playoffs are almost a joke to get into?

But just think about it, if there was a playoff system in place, then USC losing to UCLA would have been just a stupid game. Nobody would have cared, win or lose, USC would still have a chance at the national title. But since the whole season is like a playoff, it was one of the most important games of the year, and USC losing it ended everything. That is why this system works.

I am not completely opposed to a playoff system, but I really don't think there are more than four teams on a given year that are deserving of a chance at the BCS national title. Ohio State, Florida, Michigan and probably USC or LSU would be the team's this year.
This is college, not the NBA. College players are going to play hard no matter what. Are you saying that when in college basketball Duke and UNC play the last game of the year they aren't trying because they'll already be in the NCAA tourny? USC would not play timid against UCLA even if there was no reason to other than pride. That's what makes college sports great.

If anything a playoff system would increase the product of the regular season because big time programs wouldn't be as hesitant to schedule other non conference big time programs or better smaller programs like Boise State. Plus smaller schools would have a chance to sign better players who otherwise wouldn't go to a school that didn't have a chance to win a title.

How can you say there aren't more than four teams deserving of a chance for the BCS title this year and then name five schools who are? And what about Oklahoma, Auburn, Louisville, and Boise State? What did they do to not deserve to play for a title?
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