BYU is F'ed as an independent. This is the final nail in the coffin

[MikeWaters]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...tribution-plan

BYU's athletic director said his school would battle the new playoff distribution plan that has his school earning less than $500,000 per year in the new playoff era.

The BCS commissioners have settled on the framework for revenue distribution for the new playoff beginning in 2014, BCS executive director Bill Hancock said Wednesday at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.

BYU and Army, the only independents left by 2015, project to have the worst payout and worst access to playoff bowls.

That compares to the so-called contract bowls that will pay the Pac-12, Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 conferences $40 million each in years when their bowls -- Rose and Sugar -- are not national semifinals. Notre Dame, the only other independent, will split part of $55 million in years when it plays in the Orange Bowl. Because of a scheduling alliance with the ACC, Notre Dame also will receive access to the ACC lineup of secondary bowls.

"That's [payout] something that we'll battle," Holmoe told CBSSports.com during a break in the Forum. "We'll fight for that. … That's one of the cons about being an independent."

Army, BYU, along with Navy, will have the poorest access to the playoff bowls beginning in 2014. However, Navy is joining the Big East in 2015. Beginning in 2014, the so-called Group of Five non-BCS schools (Big East, MAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt, Mountain West) will get an automatic spot for their highest-ranked champion. Army and BYU would be in the playoff rotation only if either finishes in the top four or is considered to fill an access bowl by the playoff committee.

“There's these earthquakes and tremors," Holmoe said. "Tremors generally lead to more tremors. Sometimes every so often, every so many years, there's going to be a big fissure and a lot of things are going to happen. I don't think anybody can say what that earth is going to be right now. One thing is for sure, the earth is not standing still right now."

Holmoe sounds like a buffoon in this article.