Mountaineers president Gordon Gee, who holds one of the votes as a member of the CFP’s board of directors, said he believes the expansion plans are “on artificial life support.”
The president of West Virginia, Gordon Gee, said he believed that the expansion plans of the College Football Playoff they are “on artificial life support,” and that it will not vote on the proposed 12-program model when the CFP council of managers meets next month.
In comments to the student newspaper of West Virginia, The Daily Athenaeum, held this week, Gee said he changed his mind about supporting the plan given the uncertainty in the college landscape after Texas and Oklahoma announce that they would leave Big 12 by SEC.
His own school is now at a conference with an uncertain future.
Gee serves on the board of managers of the CFP, which is scheduled to meet on September 28 to discuss the proposal in greater depth. The 11 presidents and chancellors who serve on the council have the highest authority over the format.
“I think that [la expansión] is on artificial life support, “he admitted Gee. “I have one of the votes and I think it needs to be almost unanimous and I am not going to vote in its favor. I think the Big Ten will not vote for her and Pac-12 He probably won’t vote for her, either.
“It’s one of those ideas that I think was very good when there was stability. When there is instability, the idea becomes less appropriate.”
In June, after the council approved moving forward with expansion discussions, Gee He said, “If you put all the pieces together, it makes absolute sense. I would like to be playing in November knowing that we have a chance to be in the playoff.”
But, he told the newspaper that he is no longer in favor “because I think that with this changing movement, we want to keep it very narrow and maintain it so that there is enough opportunity to reconfigure what we do in sports.”
During a conference call with reporters earlier this week, the commissioner of the Pac-12, George Kliavkoff, and the commissioner of the Big Ten, Kevin WarrenThey said they were in favor of expansion but wanted to discuss the plan further before feeling comfortable moving forward.
“I am a big believer in expanding the College Football Playoff“he admitted Warren, “but I’m also a big believer in being methodical and doing our homework.”
Kliavkoff added that the Pac-12 he is “100 percent in favor of expansion,” but there are “issues on the margins” that he wants to discuss further.
“All the criteria related to the expansion of the CFP they are on the table for discussion, and any component of it is up for debate. “
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