Do we NEED a playoff?

I am tired of hearing about it.

In a world torn by strife, bitterness, infighting, greed, and yes, sin...a certain segment of our American population can't seem to resist the urge to scream out for a playoff system to determine a national college football champion.

Now, I'm as big a college football fan as they come...and in many ways, it is a more interesting version of the sport than its' professional counterpart.

But I'm constantly hearing from these otherwise well meaning people that "if we can find a way to put people in space, we can certainly develop a playoff system to determine a true national football champion."

Uh, no.

Maybe, just maybe, the technological process involved in devising spacecraft that can transport human beings beyond the earth's atmosphere is more simple in theory than trying to develop an equitable, accurate system to determine a national college football champion...especially when trying to do so involves a number of wealthy corporate interests. Ya think?

But that's another blog for another time. Let's just dispense once and for all, shall we, with the notion that we NEED a playoff system.

We NEED oxygen. We NEED food. We NEED money to acquire goods and services to function in this world. We don't NEED any sort of new bureucracy or system. College football has survived for over 130 years, and done quite well, with what it has. The mere establishment of a national playoff system will NOT change my life fundamentally one iota.

It might be a nice addition to our lives as sports fans, but I refuse to hold my breath waiting for the people who run college football in this country to make such a seemingly unwieldy system come to fruition.

I have a life to live...and I'll continue to enjoy college football, regardless of whether or not they ever settle on a formula to determine a national champion.

Now back to real life...thanks for reading!

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