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““That just tells you that the bandwidth inside the top 50 is highly competitive,” Sankey told Thamel. “We are giving away highly competitive opportunities for automatic qualifiers (from smaller leagues), and I think that pressure is going to rise as we have more competitive basketball leagues at the top end because of (conference) expansion.”” Source
Most fans still talk about Boise-Oklahoma as the pinnacle of CFP college football postseason, while someone like Sankey sees it as a wasted slot that could’ve gone to a P2 team.
My fear all along was that those with money would miss the point about the CFP. I’m a G5 fan (Memphis), so I’m checking scores on Boise, UNLV, etc. That drives interest and viewership. Instead it’s annoying that Sankey is out there being like “How can I get Auburn or Missisippi State into one of these slots”
Side Note:
SEC ended up doing poorly in the tournament, so I love this NYT/Athletic headline SEC’s March Madness flops show the greed of Greg Sankey’s expansion effort