Imagine it: starting for
a bottom tier team in 2009, you'll work your way up through the ranks, capitalising on team performance changes and driver roster shakeups.
Chelsea won all games against
bottom tier teams.
Not exact matches
Temple was the conference champ, top 25
team and their bowl game was on a random Tuesday at 3:00 against a
bottom tier Power 5
team.
This not only creates a more merit - based top
tier, it creates drama at the
bottom of each level, where desperate
teams face must - win games to avoid relegation.
«Playing East Carolina is probably tougher than playing one of those
bottom tier Big Ten
teams.»
While the
bottom -
tiered teams essentially have no shot at winning the league, the financial impact of staying in the top league is immense.