The College Football Playoff appears to be heading for another big change. After expanding from four to 12 teams in the playoff field, it could be expanding again to allow more teams to join the party.
Although the Oregon Ducks have cracked the playoff field the past two seasons, adding more teams to the field means more games in the postseason, putting more barriers in the program's path to a championship. Dan Lanning is certainly hunting a national ******* le for the Ducks, but he is also taking an interest in what is best for the future of the sport.
In an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Lanning backed the idea of playoff expansion because of the financial benefits teams and conferences could receive from television revenue, which largely flows down from the massive television contracts the College Football Playoff has with networks like ESPN.
"I'm great with four, I'm great with 12, but ideally, if we're talking about it's a TV problem, you have to generate more revenue," Lanning said. "So if you have to generate more revenue, what does that mean? It means add more teams. We've been in the playoff the last two years. It doesn't necessarily make sense for Oregon to add more playoff teams, because we've put ourselves in that position the last few years.
"But I do think it makes sense for college football," Lanning continued. "You're going to have more fans engaged, you're going to have less guys sitting out of bowl games, you're going to have less people battling with the portal."
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Although the Oregon Ducks have cracked the playoff field the past two seasons, adding more teams to the field means more games in the postseason, putting more barriers in the program's path to a championship. Dan Lanning is certainly hunting a national ******* le for the Ducks, but he is also taking an interest in what is best for the future of the sport.
In an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Lanning backed the idea of playoff expansion because of the financial benefits teams and conferences could receive from television revenue, which largely flows down from the massive television contracts the College Football Playoff has with networks like ESPN.
"I'm great with four, I'm great with 12, but ideally, if we're talking about it's a TV problem, you have to generate more revenue," Lanning said. "So if you have to generate more revenue, what does that mean? It means add more teams. We've been in the playoff the last two years. It doesn't necessarily make sense for Oregon to add more playoff teams, because we've put ourselves in that position the last few years.
"But I do think it makes sense for college football," Lanning continued. "You're going to have more fans engaged, you're going to have less guys sitting out of bowl games, you're going to have less people battling with the portal."
#teams #field #oregon
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