I agree about eliminating teams from the playoffs and letting theregular
season have at least a little bit of meaning.
 
As to the revenue; that must not have been the reasoning behind allowing
the 8/9 game in HE since HE dropped the other playoffs to single games
rather than 2 of 3 - or perhaps the TV revenue more than made up for
the loss of the extra 1 or 2 (per series) playoff game.  The $ must be
there someplace - not just for NCAA but also all the conferences - and
I guess all the schools for that matter.  $$ rule - long live the $ (or
however that saying goes).