ACC commissioner Jim Phillips acknowledged that he would be criticized for a lot of what he said Wednesday about the unsettled present and uncertain future of college football. So give him that. He knew he would sound Pollyannaish.
It just probably isn’t right. At least not these days.
He said hokey things like, “We owe it to those kids” when talking about the importance of athletics at places such as Northern Illinois, where he was once the athletic director. . He's been on the job just 18 months. His predecessor, John Swofford, negotiated that contract at the behest of school presidents that wanted extended calm rather than constant risk and renegotiations.
Nothing would have helped “all neighborhoods” like that playoff plan. It would have all but guaranteed that a future 13-0 Northern Illinois team would make the field — the way the Huskies reached a BCS Orange Bowl after a perfect 2012 season.That was January. Now SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is theorizing that no automatic bids should be set aside in the future playoff, which may only feature eight teams .
And maybe he’s right and everyone can come together for the common good. It is certainly true that every league, including the Big Ten and SEC, will make more money by keeping college football as a national pursuit and not marginalizing large, proud and passionate fan bases from other conferences.
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