Why doesn the BCS employ a national playoff for Division I-A football?
This may sound like semantics, but it is much more. The BCS isn’t an entity; it is merely an event that the conferences and Notre Dame manage along with the bowls in order to create a matchup between the No. 1 and No. 2 team in a bowl game. The entity responsible for such things as college sports championships, the college presidents and chancellors that comprise the NCAA, have expressed no support for a playoff. In order for an NCAA Division I-A Football Championship to be established, the NCAA Division I membership must consider such a proposal through its normal legislative process. As of this date, legislation to establish a I-A championship has not been considered by the membership. Through the years there have been several efforts through NCAA channels to address the subject. In 1976, a proposal to establish a Division I-A football championship was introduced on the recommendation of a special committee that had studied the feasibility of a playoff. This proposal, however, was wi
