The College Football Playoff is closing in on an agreement to expand from 12 to 24 teams by 2027, according to ESPN, in a move that would reshape the US college game and its broadcast economics.
The College Football Playoff is closing in on an agreement to expand from 12 to 24 teams by 2027, according to ESPN, in a move that would reshape the US college game and its broadcast economics.
Remember the Super League? Announced on a Sunday, dead by Wednesday. Fans howled, governments puffed, clubs scurried back. Lovely. This one won’t die. No one to howl at. The people who’d protest are the ones buying the tickets, and they’ll buy them anyway. The network writes the cheque, the presidents sign, and December becomes a spreadsheet. Twenty-four teams. Sure. Why not sixty? Death by a thousand kickoffs.