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The Deeply Flawed Inaugural College Football Playoff: A Call For Structural Changes To Protect Against Undue Commercialization, To Ensure Transparency, And To Systematize Democratic Due Process, Matthew M. Heekin, Bruce W. Burton

Matthew M. Heekin

This article contends that the new College Football Playoff system (CFP)—as formulated and administered in 2014—contains a series of serious flaws. The new CFP system needlessly incorporates an anti-democratic structure, lacks in the transparency required for sustainability in a democratic society, and endangers the longstanding tradition of the student-athlete in American college athletics. This article offers several detailed suggestions—in part modeled on the Administrative Procedures Act—to correct these flaws and move towards an improved CFP system.

Employing the benchmarks of television viewership and advertising revenues, some have declared the inaugural 2014 College Football Playoff a success. From the purely commercial …

Bias In The College Football Playoff Selection Process: If The Devil Is In The Details, That's Where Salvation May Be Found, Matthew M. Heekin, Bruce W. Burton

Matthew M. Heekin

After sixteen years, the Bowl College Series (“BCS”) format for selecting a national college football champion has ended. Beginning in 2014, the BCS format will be replaced by the College Football Playoff (“CFP”) format. Unlike the BCS, which utilized a formula comprised of two human polls and one computer generated poll to match the number one ranked college football team against the number two ranked team, the CFP utilizes a four team playoff in post-season play. Without quantified standards or computer input, a CFP selection committee comprised of thirteen people will annually select four finalists to participate in two semi-final …

When Is Minority Not Minority: Ncaa Ignores Two Centuries Of Anglo-American Contract Law Respecting Legal Status, Matthew M. Heekin, Bruce W. Burton

Matthew M. Heekin

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