In an interview with "60 Minutes," Obama addresses a subject college football fans have debated for many years, and says he will use his influence to create such a system.
"If you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there's no clear decisive winner. We should be creating a playoff system," he tells CBS' Steve Kroft in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.
According to Obama's proposed system, eight teams would play over three rounds to settle the national champion.
"It would add three extra weeks to the season," he said at the conclusion of a wide-ranging interview. "You could trim back on the regular season. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."
Seriously people, the BCS is about a dumb of a system as it gets. Anyone who thinks the bowl system is better than a play-off system has lost their mind. It would be bigger than March Madness over night. Ask division 1-AA what they think about the playoff system. Seems to work pretty well there.
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I must say, everyday Obama grows on me...
Now that's change you can believe in.
I want a playoff as bad as anyone, but leave it to a liberal to want to extend the influence of government into an area it doesn't belong. I don't remember anything about sports playoffs in the Constitution.
Besides, a 16-team playoff is what needs to happen. 8 teams is not enough. But it will never happen until the university presidents are willing to take a stand (Obama or no Obama).
I'm with Casey on this one. I HATE the BCS system and desire a tournament as much as anyone, but I'll take the BCS and less government intervention, thank you very much.
If the President-Elect wants to give his opinion as a US citizen, great. But to use the office to influence it is ridiculous. Read your job description (found in the Constitution) and stick to it. Please.
America, wake up. You want the government in on everything in your life? You got it. Here it comes.
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