[Hoot Gibson]

If the kids didn’t wanna play in those games then why would they play the other 10 knowing the inevitable was going to happen?

I’m not sure how not wanting to cut down the playoffs = turn football into a socialist sport ???

I agree with you. When you start cutting the number of football games played by eliminating teams from the playoffs before they begin, then you only handicap those teams for the following season by reducing their practice and game time. Nobody has ever explained to me how the quality of football suffers in a state like Indiana by their decision to allow all teams into the playoffs. There is far more parity in Indiana football than in Kentucky, especially in its larger classes.

I agree with the concept of professional teams "earning" spots in the playoffs and I agree with excluding bad teams from NCAA bowl games. For professional and college football players, their development time is not restricted the way that high school players' time is limited. Excluding teams from high school playoffs is a sure way to guarantee that regular season running clock games will become even more common than they already are.