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Hatch labels BCS system 'elitism' at its core
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ELITISM is the HALLMARK of the RE-PUBLICAN PLATFORM!
I don't care what anybody says, this is a good cause and worth the time of our congress and justice department, given the million dollars in play. Litigate or legislate, whatever it takes, lets bring this travesty to an end.
Like the senator said, things like the BCS are exactly what our antitrust laws are in place to prevent, for pete's sake.
It's not aobut a playoff system. That's what the Godfathers have always wanted you to believe. This is the diversion. A playoff is almost irrellveant.
The main issue is the collusion and cornering of the market on the money. The automatic payouts to teams like UCONN a D-2 school just a few years ago, Lousiville, Vanderbilt, Baylor etc. is what is illegal.
You don't have to kill the bowls to crown a Champion. It's mythical anyway. This is about money money money.
You simply cannot lock out one half of a group from the money by contracts and collusion. The only entity exempt from this is major league baseball.
This would be settled in one day if just one school filed a federal lawsuit. Until that happens, the mafia will continue to call the shots.
Very few programs will ever play in a BCS bowl game.
But this issue is not about that, it's about 6 conferences controlling all the money and all the bowls.
Time to settle the score!
The BCS money-grab DOES affect more than just a few people--it affects the bottom dollar line of over half of the universities in the U.S. If THAT's "unimportant" then you need your head examined.
Elitism, no matter where it surfaces, should be beaten down. Elitism is the basis of communism's leadership--only THEY can be the elite--EVERYONE ELSE is "equal."
Left-wingers better be wary of their bent towards socialism--not much difference between that and communism.
If the MWC is so bent on the "bottom dollar line" why the heck did they ever leave ESPN and get on with the mtn.?
Then with the bowl payout, after factoring in the bowl expenses; travel, hotel, gifts, etc., then the cut to each team in the conference, it isn't THAT much money.
The fact is, after seeing local teams up close and personal, and taking out the emotion, local athletes just aren't as good. just face it, athletes here aren't as big and fast as big schools.
In short, congress has a legitimate interest in regulating spending at (especially public) universities because tax money is going to these schools.
Athletics does not take away from education, but I would beg to say they do just the opposite.
Who's to say that athletics can't be educational?
There are Federal Anti-trust laws for a reason. The morons posting here, who think this is a waste of time, have the IQ of a 5th grader.
Everyone has known since the Bowl-Alliance, this violates federal law. Try this in any other business and people are going to jail.
You can't corner the markets, you cannnot collude to gain advantage over your competitors. This is not about which conference has the best teams.
If 118 teams are Division 1 then the opportunites must be accesable to all evenly and fairly.
If you want to argue worthiness of one conference or another, then explain how Duke, Baylor, Vanderbilt, UConn, Iowa State, Northwestern etc.. get a check for two million dollars every year (minimum) by virtue of belonging to a particular conference and great tradtion schools who draw more, put more in the NFL, have higher rankings etc.. like BYU, Utah, TCU, are left out.
It's illegal you ignorant fools. Nothing can happen until it is put in the courts. Know the issues or get of my internet.
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