BCS Hearings Are Upon Us

Jeremy

Senior Writer Written on July 07, 2009

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MIAMI - JANUARY 08: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Florida Gators celebrates with the National Championship trophy after therir 24-14 win against the Oklahoma Sooners during the FedEx BCS National Championship game at Dolphin Stadium on January 8, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images)

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is priceless:

"Financial reasons are a factor to a degree—probably more of a factor to some than to others.

In and of itself, a playoff of some type would generate more money than the current BCS. But what would be the effect on the regular season? What about the effect on the other bowls? But the BCS is certainly healthy financially and has been from the beginning."

So, the BCS is really only about money, WOW!

That is a shocker to just about no one.

Integrity of the regular season, HA!

It is already a mess with teams scheduling two FCS teams and who are in the hunt for the BCS title.

"The BCS is voluntary. If a conference decided it did not want to be a part of the BCS there is certainly no requirement that it do so. Obviously if certain conferences said they were not going to be a part of it, that could be a factor in its continuation—depending on which conferences, that is."

Voluntary?

If you want to get technical, then yes, but not really. It is obvious he is referring to the Mountain West not signing the deal.

The real tragedy is if, for some reason, a BCS league does not sign a future agreement, then good money is being placed within the traditionalist league with the Pac-10 and Big 10.

Those two wish to preserve their sacred Rose Bowl game, and if they really wanted would rather not be in the BCS.

Most will say these hearings are a waste of time, but there are many other issues that affect far less people. Or, if one is an optimist, this could be a chance for Orrin Hatch and company to peel away the onion layers of what the BCS really is all about.

Think about it, the BCS is always on the defensive and goes back to their great escape clause, "Well it is better than before" unless you are Harvey Perlman.

I would expect, or at worst hope, that the questions are not soft toss, and the committee can make this BCS gang look as silly as they did during the steroid hearings.

If I had the option of asking the first question, it would be: "How come your system is so much better in determining a national champion than every other sport in the NCAA which has a playoff."

See that question is hard to answer without going back to the ''well at least it is not the old system, and puts No. 1 against No. 2.'' That No. 1 vs. No. 2 is subjective and often up for debate.

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written on July 07, 2009 Opinion