BCS Antitrust Investigation: Could Possible BCS Inquiry Impact College Football?

BCS Antitrust Investigation Could Lead to Inquiry of College Football's Postseason 

If you're a fan of college football, you can't be happy about the state of the postseason.

Sure, there are some good things about the bowls. But the reality is that the BCS is absolutely awful. What masquerades as a fair and balanced postseason has splintered the college football landscape into the haves and have-nots.

We all know the power conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big-12, Pac-12, SEC) hold all of the cards, with teams like Boise State and TCU having to jump through hoops to even be considered worthy enough of this flawed system.

Furthermore, it's run by men with interest in keeping the power in the hands of the major college football players, who would love nothing more than to never see the Broncos and Horned Frogs in another meaningful bowl game.

Well now, that all stands to change as the government is looking into the BCS, asking for information to determine if an inquiry should be launched.

Per CNN.com:

"Serious questions continue to arise suggesting that the current BCS system may not be conducted consistent with the competition principles expressed in federal antitrust laws," Varney told Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA in Indianapolis.

The decision to release the letter came hours after Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a major opponent of the current system, demanded further consideration of the issue in a face-to-face appearance with Attorney General Eric Holder at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Holder then disclosed the Justice Department had sent the letter to the NCAA on the issue.

In her letter, Varney asked Emmert to explain why college football does not have a playoff when so many other college sports do. She also asked what steps, if any, the NCAA has taken to create a playoff, and whether the NCAA has determined that there are aspects of the BCS system that do not serve interests of fans, colleges, universities and players.

Nothing about the BCS serves the interest of the fans, unless the argument is that the discussion about how bad the system is counts as something that drives business.

It's a flawed system that excludes lesser conferences and doesn't do a fair job of determining a national championship. The only people the BCS is in the interest of is the men who control the system and the bowl games.

If you're a team like Boise State, you can only be so relevant. Even then, you're close, but not quite close enough to the brass ring, as the powers that be gleefully yank it out of reach.

Hopefully, the government breaks up this system and helps restore order to the college football landscape. We all know that there will be no other way to get the results we deserve as fans of the sport.