You can say that you're a die-hard fan, and that you'll follow your team anywhere, anytime, as much as you want. When you're looking at several hundred dollars per ticket, plus food, travel expenses, and hotel rooms, then looking at repeating the process for the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, the price tag beings to get rather daunting, which will be compounded as the costs are bound to increase as the stakes do. More often than not, even the one trip is a real stretch for alumni.
You're looking at several thousand dollars, per group, per week, minimum. Most people, particularly in a recession like we're in now, don't have that kind of money for entertainment. If you do, I'd like to become best friends.
The bottom line is that postseason college football is expensive, and the bowl system not only accommodates the schools with both glory and big cash compensation, it also gives the fans the chance to enjoy first hand, a meaningful postseason without spending several thousand dollars.
Again, in a perfect world, we'd still have a playoff. If done properly, it would leave no more questions as to if we got it right. Everything on that end, at least in theory, does hold water. And if you really think you can think of one, God bless ya, but I won't hold my breath waiting for you to have a great epiphany.
A playoff would be great, but it's just not practical. No matter what solutions are offered up, there are often a plethora of unanswered questions, all of which, if left as such, pose significant issues of their own. As that old song goes “you can't always get what you want.”
Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy the bowl season.
I know I will.
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