Arguments For

BCS

• Creates a playoff atmosphere throughout the season.

• Uses the traditional college bowl games

Playoff

• Decides the better team in head-to-head competition.

• Would be easy to implement using the current system of Bowl games.

• Would create a lot of interest and excitement in post-season play.

• Would eliminate, or at least limit, doubt or controversy.

• The majority of fans seem to want it.

• A playoff system seems to work just fine in I-AA, II and III.

• It's the only fair way to decide who the best team is.

• Adding another Bowl game to hold a true national championship game would generate millions of dollars.

Arguments Against

BCS

• Allows the National Champions to be crowned based on statistics and personal opinion.

• Produces a controversial champion as often as it produces an undisputed winner.

• One off game can eliminate a team from contention.

• Smaller non-BCS conferences are at a disadvantage.

Playoff

• Would diminish the value of the regular season.

• An already-long season would have to be extended.

Would take more time away from acedemics.

The current BCS contract runs through the 2010 bowl season, so we may not see a playoff system in major college football for quite some time.

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