[OutsiderFan]

More is better than less, and this model ensures much greater access to the playoff franchise, which always increases interest in the game, which means more viewers, which means more revenue.

no it is not.

And I'm not sure it will increase interest in the game.

BC

Stanford fans live on a tiny island, not in the sense they are cut off from information, but that compared to the greater college football fan base their way of life is an outlier and they are inconsequential in their numbers.

The masses for whom this expanded playoff is designed to appeal believe more is better. There are some gripes about it, but to say "more is not better" is refuted by the sheer numbers of people who believe more is in fact better. 

And I would expect Stanford fans to have mixed feelings about this, because how many times in the 2010s did Stanford have a team ranked in the Top 10, had no shot at playoff, and we thought would have done well in them? The proposed model would have put Stanford in the playoff in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, would have been in the running in 2017.

Who knows, if Stanford was in playoff all those years, MAYBE recruiting doesn't fall off a cliff? Maybe the program remains relevant on the national stage?

[OutsiderFan]

More is better than less, and this model ensures much greater access to the playoff franchise, which always increases interest in the game, which means more viewers, which means more revenue.

no it is not.

And I'm not sure it will increase interest in the game.

BC

Stanford fans live on a tiny island, not in the sense they are cut off from information, but that compared to the greater college football fan base their way of life is an outlier and they are inconsequential in their numbers.

The masses for whom this expanded playoff is designed to appeal believe more is better. There are some gripes about it, but to say "more is not better" is refuted by the sheer numbers of people who believe more is in fact better. 

And I would expect Stanford fans to have mixed feelings about this, because how many times in the 2010s did Stanford have a team ranked in the Top 10, had no shot at playoff, and we thought would have done well in them? The proposed model would have put Stanford in the playoff in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, would have been in the running in 2017.

Who knows, if Stanford was in playoff all those years, MAYBE recruiting doesn't fall off a cliff? Maybe the program remains relevant on the national stage?