Eulessismore, I could be missing your point and if so, my apologoies. Unfortunately, the NCAA itself may not condon redistribution of wealth but when every conference, team and state uses football as a pawn for financial gain redistribution of wealth occurs can occur with every move. I believe a post earlier attempted to point out some Texas schools (UT and ATM*) have an enormously unfair financial advantage in Texas. A playoff system would probably not be created to redistribute wealth but at the end of the day it would be used in just that manner. Hence, many power house, financially and politically strong teams will not allow it to happen, at least when their final vote was cast. *I'm still trying to fully understand the "land grant college" thing. Jump out the though, emoticons can be fun