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Originally Posted by AuburnBuckeye
I agree with this to an extent, but in almost every aspect of every sport there is some problem that a group of people think needs fixed. Sure in a few years there will probably be more people whining and moaning for a larger playoff. But I think the number will be signifcantly lessend. Doing this is sort of like putting a band-aid on a wound, except your in a civilization where the band-aid is the best known method of treating wounds.(Hope that metaphor made sense)...
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It's a commonly used metaphor with a pretty clear meaning, but if you're applying it the way I read it, it seems a bit contradictory with what you purport to be your general view here. As I read it, the band-aid is the 4-team playoff, and the wound is the unfairness of the college football postseason. Is that right? If so, then you will be the one who will be immediately dissatisfied with the 4-team playoff and start calling for an 8-team playoff, maybe thereafter a 16-team playoff, and after that, who knows? The future is wide open, and all we know for certain is that it would be typical of our civilizational shortsightedness to apply the band-aid of a mere 4-team playoff to the wound of the national championship process, when what we really need is more along the lines of a 16-team colectomy.