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[...]... to let the NCAA take over control of any proposed playoff and, in turn, invoke a more egalitarian revenue distribution “The foundation of college football is the institutions, the conferences and the bowls, and the sport is healthier than it’s ever been,” said SEC commissioner Mike Slive “There’s really no reason to look at it any differently.” Not when your conference is raking in $17–$21 million... next None of this, however, makes bowl honchos feel any better For them, any sort of playoff is viewed as a death knell to their business, which is dependent on large numbers of people (for the major bowls, as many as forty thousand per school) traveling great distances to follow their team Bowl types contend that if their games were to suddenly become just one step in a team’s postseason path rather... playoff, the traditional, collegial atmosphere of bowl games, with the two teams’ colors splitting stadium stands, would likely be replaced by a more buttoned-down, corporate crowd “I’ve been to Super Bowls, said Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker “It’s a big event, good for them, but they can keep it I wouldn’t trade the spirit in this stadium [for the Fiesta Bowl] for all the Super Bowls in the world.”... have a seat at the table when decisions were made; a fifth game would be added to the lineup starting in 2006; and while the Coalition conferences still wouldn’t be afforded automatic entry to the BCS bowls, the rules would be loosened so that such a team need only finish in the top twelve instead of the top six.* In a teleconference from Miami’s Fontainebleu Hilton Resort, site of the meeting where . y0 w0 h0" alt="" STEWART MANDEL John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Bowls, Polls & Tattered Souls Tackling the Chaos and Controversy That Reign over College. 7/10/07 11:39 AM Page iv STEWART MANDEL John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Bowls, Polls & Tattered Souls Tackling the Chaos and Controversy That Reign over College