r/CFB • u/BuckeyeEmpire Ohio State • Penn State • 1d ago

News [Thamel] Sources: The average additional payment that ESPN will pay for the expanded college football playoff is $345 million annually the next five years, which is in addition to the average of $1.3 billion annually over that time ESPN is already paying.

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/2111220934736859179
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u/smoothtrip Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

This is what you all get for having such a stupid system for so long. Every sport does a base 2 playoffs (16 would have been natural).

But no, you want to do stupid nonsense to decide national champs. I am surprised we never drew straws to determine the national champs.

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u/pessimism_yay Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

Doesn't the nfl do like 2x6 teams?

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u/kratiq Texas Tech Red Raiders 1d ago

7 but yeah

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u/manofmonkey Penn State Nittany Lions 1d ago

They used to with top 2 seeds in the conference getting a bye. Now it’s only the top seed per conference that gets a bye with 7 teams per side.