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BY ANDREW GIBSON

IMAGE SOURCE: USA Today

A college football playoff system might be coming to fruition. Sources tell ESPN that BCS commissioners and other stakeholders are likely to adopt a four-team playoff starting in 2014. ESPN.com insider Travis Haney tells Mark Schlabach proposals like this haven’t always been popular.

“You’ve seen over the years that the Big Ten and the Pac-12 — they’ve been the ones who have sort of stood in the way of the progress, thinking if a playoff came about it any form, that it might hurt the Rose Bowl, it might hurt the bowl system.”

A final decision will not be made at these meetings .   National Football Post writer Dave Miller says…

“An outline of possible final scenarios will be drawn up so commissioners can go back to campuses to present to athletic directors and coaches before a new postseason format is completed this summer.”

Still up for debate is what cities would host the semifinal and championship games. One possibility is for the current BCS sites to bid on them. Writing on the Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes , Avinash Kunnath has a different idea saying there should be …

“… four potential sites every year similar to what the NCAA (basketball) tournament has for the second weekend … then when the final matchups are announced, pick the two sites that are most favorable to the top two seeds depending on the matchup.”

But details like these aren’t fascinating to everyone in the sports world. CBS Sports columnist Ray Ratto says college sports officials need to change some rules like making it easier for athletes to transfer schools, before it deals with the BCS.

“The BCS may stink on ice, but the devil of the playoff system is in the details, and until the details include how players get a better shake than they're getting now, I'm not all that fascinated by when or how it happens."