Greetings MGoBloggers
I am currently taking my last English class ever(thank god), and one of the final assignments is a 10 page argumentative research paper. For a paper this long i need a topic that I'm truly passionate about; and what better than college football?
Most, if not all, of us know that the great controversy of college football is of course:
the BCS system vs a playoff system
I wrote a shorter 6 page paper on this same topic last semester but I'll re-word everything to avoid that whole plagiarism thing. Onto the whole point to my post...I want to improve my paper but don't want to post it on here so my teacher doesn't Google a section of it and find it on a sports blog. (I almost did, that would have been stupid of me)
At the moment there are no rebuttals to why a playoff system would be bad but from what I've read around here, the BCS makes a lot more money than a playoff would. Is there any factual data to prove that so I could put it in my paper? Also, I understand that a playoff would remove the student athletes from their schools or homes for a longer duration, but doesn't March Madness do the same thing?
So if you could comment on the reasons a playoff system is a better option than the BCS system, it would be greatly appreciated.
I'm confused. Are you saying you don't have any reasons why a playoff system would be worse, or why it would be better?
Also, one difference between March Madness and a football playoff is that a football playoff would take place over top of two holidays, and/or final exams. Granted, the bowls do too, but that's for only one game. (Me, I don't see this as a problem, but that's the difference for you. Also, half the teams in March Madness are kaputski before the weekend even begins - football playoffs would probably be all Saturdays.)
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