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The national championship game would be played about 10 days later at another neutral site. The title game site would be bid on the way the NFL handles where the Super Bowl is played. Any city that can pay the multimillion dollar tab and accommodate a huge event could potentially host college football's championship game, including those that don't currently host bowl games.
The plan also calls for college football's final four to be determined by a selection committee, though who will be on that committee and how big it will be is to be determined.
The commissioners are also working on parameters and guidelines to give the proposed selection committee that they hope will eliminate some of the subjectivity that hampers the current system.
The commissioners want strength of schedule emphasized and to give conference champions some preference. They are also working on power rankings, similar to the RPI used by the NCAA basketball tournament selection committee.
The commissioners will have about four hours Tuesday to make their case. While they would like to have this wrapped up sooner rather than later, there is really no hard deadline.
The new format needs to be finalized by the time television contract negotiations begin in the fall. The current deal ends after the 2013 season.
Current TV partner ESPN will have an exclusive first crack at making a deal, but there is no drop-dead date for that window to open.
So even though there is no finish line, the end of this playoff process seems to be approaching.
[Associated Press;
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