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A Better Alternative to the Current Playoff System

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With the amount of complaining that is sure to come from Sunday’s playoff matchups and seedings, it’s crystal clear that the system we have is broken. Maybe not as fundamentally flawed as its BCS predecessor, but a not-as-broken-system is still broken. Which makes no sense, of course, because figuring out a system that would allow for max eyeballs, may equity, and max opportunity along with max money (which is really what most people with the power to enact this ultimately care about) is so simple even a blogger can do it. And I didn’t even need the easy button.