Conference Championships not worth it

[UCFBfan]

Last year Houston lost in the C-USA championship game, thus causing the conference to lose out on a massive payday. This year, Kent St lost to NIU in the MAC Championship game. NIU will not get to 16 with their win so that's another non-BCS conference that lost out on a massive payday due to their conference championship game. Why have these?

I'm watching the Pac-12 game and they can't fill a stadium on a home campus. The MAC will never fill Ford Field. The ACC is almost a barren wasteland in their championship game. So why have them?

The Big East, and UConn, plan on having one starting next season. My question is why? They can't make that much money that it's worth having. C-USA and the MAC lost out on a 8-10 million dollar payday. No way their championship games net that amount even if you add up multiple years. I just don't get it. Maybe the Big-12 has it right without having a championship game.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

If you're not the SEC it's simply not worth it.

 

[Dann]

becuase down the road a couple years these will be round 1 of the 8 team bcs playoff. they will be big tv games on home campus places mostly and the final 4 will be born from it. it will grow into a elite 8 type march madness weekend

 

[businesslawyer]

Last year Houston lost in the C-USA championship game, thus causing the conference to lose out on a massive payday. This year, Kent St lost to NIU in the MAC Championship game. NIU will not get to 16 with their win so that's another non-BCS conference that lost out on a massive payday due to their conference championship game. Why have these?

I'm watching the Pac-12 game and they can't fill a stadium on a home campus. The MAC will never fill Ford Field. The ACC is almost a barren wasteland in their championship game. So why have them?

The Big East, and UConn, plan on having one starting next season. My question is why? They can't make that much money that it's worth having. C-USA and the MAC lost out on a 8-10 million dollar payday. No way their championship games net that amount even if you add up multiple years. I just don't get it. Maybe the Big-12 has it right without having a championship game.

Do you know why they have them? Hint -- it's not about the money.

 

[Jax Husky]

If you're not the SEC it's simply not worth it.

Was going to say just this. The SEC benefits tremendously, but no one else has been able to capture the lightning.

 

[Jax Husky]

becuase down the road a couple years these will be round 1 of the 8 team bcs playoff. they will be big tv games on home campus places mostly and the final 4 will be born from it. it will grow into a elite 8 type march madness weekend

God, I hope not. The idea of teams like FSU getting a shot at the title sucks. To go to 8, they will have to include the champs of the Top 5 conferences. That is my main issue with an 8 team playoff. 4 teams allows them to just take the top 4.

 

[Sky ball]

Do you know why they have them? Hint -- it's not about the money.

OK - I am lost. Why besides money?

 

[Nostical]

Rule #1. Whenever someone says "it's not about the money"--- it's about the money.

 

[UCFBfan]

Do you know why they have them? Hint -- it's not about the money.

But that's my point. How much does the MAC really make from their Championship game? Do they make enough over a 5 year span to equal the payday they'd have gotten this year if Kent St went to the BCS? I don't know but I'd imagine no.

 

[businesslawyer]

But that's my point. How much does the MAC really make from their Championship game? Do they make enough over a 5 year span to equal the payday they'd have gotten this year if Kent St went to the BCS? I don't know but I'd imagine no.

No. But the Championship game can be the boost you need to get you into the BCS as easily as the dagger that keeps you out.

 

[HuskyV]

But that's my point. How much does the MAC really make from their Championship game? Do they make enough over a 5 year span to equal the payday they'd have gotten this year if Kent St went to the BCS? I don't know but I'd imagine no.

The conference needs guaranteed money each year. If once out 5 years you have top 16 team, that team should should win the game >75% of the time.

 

[UCFBfan]

The conference needs guaranteed money each year. If once out 5 years you have top 16 team, that team should should win the game >75% of the time.

Possibly but we've seen in the past two seasons now that the team that should have won did not. It's like the NCAA Tourny, all you need is one bad day and you blew it. Granted last night's MAC game was between two evenly matched teams, last season Houston blew it. Southern Miss was good but Houston was better.

 

[B1GEast]

No. But the Championship game can be the boost you need to get you into the BCS as easily as the dagger that keeps you out.

This makes absolutely no sense.

 

[joey3$trike$]

So you don't have a co-champion which is a disgrace

 

[UC990411]

This makes absolutely no sense.

How so?