Greg Sankey Raises Concerns About Proposed 24-Team Playoff

By Staff Reporter•Oct 2, 202611:15 am•Discuss the story53
IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has some concerns about the possibility of expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams.

While discussing the idea, Sankey pointed to several issues that would need to be worked through, including the financial side of expansion, the strain of playing additional games in December, and what it could mean for conference championship games.

Sankey also believes the current playoff selection process is already affecting how teams approach their non-conference scheduling Per Brett McMurphy:
quote:

"Our concerns relate to how you manage the economics. Is there value? I don’t think people understand the difficulty of going week to week to week to week in December. … We’ve looked at it & said CFP selection decisions are negatively impacting regular-season scheduling, particularly big non-conference games. That needs to be addressed first & also the economics, what we do with conference championship games, where the games fit & understanding the impact"
The comments come as discussions continue about potentially expanding the College Football Playoff beyond its current format.

53 Comments
user avatar
user avatar
Black n Gold•6 days
If Sankey is against it I suppose that makes me for it.
user avatar
Beat me to the punch.
user avatar
JohnnyU•6 days
Sankey is a moron but he’s right about this. A 16 team format is more feasible, better for the players and will generate less non-competitive games.
user avatar
Spankum•6 days
Sankey is absolutely right.
user avatar
Big Gorilla•6 days
More worried about money than player safety or the lack of competitiveness between #1 and #24. This isn’t basketball.
user avatar
Timeoday•6 days
Teams will want to be the 1st to ever come in at 24 and win it all!!
user avatar
Art Vandelay•6 days
Surprised he even knew this was going on
user avatar
A broken clock is right twice a day.
user avatar
Barbarossa•6 days
24 teams is sheer stupidity. There aren’t 12 championship caliber teams at the end of the year, let alone 24.
user avatar
Sissidog02•5 days
EXACTLY
user avatar
BigTigerJoe•6 days
Sankey looks like an uncooked sausage left in frig too long.
user avatar
CajunBullet•5 days
Skankey, is still trying to recover from his 3-hour arse whipping in that Baton Rouge Court Room! LMAO
user avatar
The Baker•6 days
“Our concerns relate to how you manage the economics. Is there value?”
Yeah no shite. Never worried about preserving the spirit of the game. Just milk the cow until its dead
user avatar
Pas Bon•6 days
We all have concerns about you, Greg Sankey.
user avatar
LuckyTiger57•6 days
A nine game SEC schedule is insane. He needs to be replaced and a new location for the SEC office is an absolute must.
user avatar
jp4lsu•6 days
I'm glad he is raising concerns. It's a stupid idea and I don't like Sankey but he is making points. But he should add player safety to it as well. This will really put a stake in the other bowl games, which are meaningless now.
user avatar
TouchdownTony•6 days
Yes, 16 MAX. It’s still too many but 24 is a joke.
user avatar
Camp Randall•6 days
If it’s bad for the SEC this empty suit will ok it.
user avatar
ColonelAngus•6 days
Losing conf champ game is losing $
user avatar
Alan in VA•6 days
I’ve heard suggestions that conference championship game could be repurposed as a play-in game for the playoffs. Which seems like a possibility, but I wonder what hidden flaws are lurking in the idea.
user avatar
Shaun176•6 days
SEC makes the most off of conf champ game. SEC should get more for giving it up.
user avatar
Yeti_Chaser•6 days
If 24 teams are making the playoffs then the CCG loser is still gonna get in
user avatar
Clown commish
user avatar
purple18•6 days
Go to a 10 game regular season. Do away with conference championship games and then you can have a 24 team playoff but I agree, we can’t have a 24 team playoff with the current regular season scheduling format.
user avatar
Techdave•6 days
CFB is a money train now. Too many people have invested into its future and want returns. And sitting idle doesn’t produce returns. Gone are the good ole days, money F’d this sport up.
user avatar
lsucoonass•6 days
I do have to agree with him here, unfortunately.

user avatar
TFH•4 days
Just kicking the can down the road until we go to leagues.
user avatar
Can’t have it both ways: the Sec Championship and the new playoff series. The 2 teams in the SEC Championship game are penalized by playing an extra game that wears out both teams that could become the CFP Champion! Where is the upside. I don’t see it.
user avatar
ThomasShelby•5 days
He Moved to a 9 game schedule in the SEC and teams immediately started looking for easier non conference, but he wants to blame it on anyone else.

The playoffs should be 16, and they should have always been 16 teams. They are so hung up on giving some teams a bye.
Popular Stories
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

Facebook•X•Instagram