Plus those certain schools will continue to make tens of millions while other schools are left with (relative) pocket change.
But to the story from ESPN:
"I believe we all agree that no system will ever be considered perfect, particularly by those conferences and institutions whose teams are not chosen in any particular year," Frohnmayer said. "But the BCS is the best postseason arrangement that has ever existed in college football. I say that after reviewing the matter from all standpoints, including student-athlete welfare, fan enjoyment, the academic calendar, the significance of the regular season, preservation of the bowl system that benefits a broad base of universities, and business.Saying that it is the "best postseason arrangement" that college football has every had isn't saying much; before the process was a sham, and it continues to be a sham. Just with a veneer of legitimacy.
Frohnmeyer goes on to say that a playoff system would mess up the academic calendars, to which I have to call BS. Players who go through the NCAA tournament in basketball miss much more time at school than any football player would in nearly any arrangement.
Saying that their fanbase wouldn't travel is similarly just another load of... well you know what. People at these big schools would travel to two or three games in two or three weeks. If you're saying that USC wouldn't get enough fans for a playoff game, you are fooling yourself.
The real barrier is greed by the BCS conferences. And the fear that allowing schools like Boise State or Utah to compete on a level playing field would let schools like Boise State or Utah get a piece of the pie and some of their star recruits.
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