WJCL Editorial: We need to participate to make the system better

We thought an argument was a good starting point for the editorial this week.The college football playoffs.Who thinks things turned out perfectly?Almost no one in our editorial board.We’ve got Michigan fans, Georgia fans, Bama fans and Florida State sympathizers.Inside our group we have Ohio state fans, LSU fans and Missouri graduates.One thing we all agree on is that things feel most unfair for undefeated Florida State.They played every game, won every game. Then a committee decided that was not good enough.Meanwhile, Alabama played more tough opponents and they lost to #3 Texas before they beat #1 Georgia.Georgia was undefeated until they list one game … the SEC championship to #4 Alabama.Don’t even bring up Ohio State losing only one game to number one Michigan.Every school is either bitter or ecstatic.The all or nothing stakes left them all taking shots at each other.Plus they all blame the committee for something.Take all that into account next time you look around our country. As we head into the presidential primary, remember how bitterly these college football fans feel when things don’t go their way.You might hear words like “the stacked system”, “unfair”. Smaller voices get bullied out by bigger brand names.But I hope we remember, we are ultimately the ones who make the rules.The way you vote and the way you spend your dollars are the real way to fix the system for the future.College football is moving to a 12 team playoff next year.That is just one step to try to give more people a chance to win. But it would never happen without fans voicing their opinions for decades.Nothing good is ever instant.We can never trust the system blindly.We all need to participate to change it.When you think about how football makes us feel.You might understand your neighbor and our political conundrum a little better.I’m Ben Hart. Thank you for sharing this time.