When the champ is decided by August, I didn't watch much NASCAR when it competed with football. Maybe flip to it during commercials, but the attention level really dropped off. The playoff system kept viewers like me tuned in, and that made NASCAR big bucks.
The system will undoubtedly be tweaked, but it's added a new dimension to a season that often seems to get tired before it's over.
but if you looked at it this year.... the difference was 47 points if they didn't change a thing. And i still can't understand why now they are goign to keep using the same Statisics, when everything now has changed.... oh well...