Monday, January 05, 2004
BCS BOWL SYSTEM: "dirty as sin" Why?
Actually the real solution is to return to the days of no athletic scholarships in which a university's team was actually representative of the student population rather than representative of the best athletic talent that the university can exploit. But that isn't a realistic solution. So, bring on a playoff!
To start with, nearly half of the NCAA football schools, 53 of the 117 Division I-A members, were locked out of receiving a Sugar Bowl invite because they aren't members of the racket called the Bowl Championship Series.And then, there's this:
The BCS revenue from the 2002-03 season was $114 million -- and more than $109 million of that went solely to the BCS colleges.The solution?
A Division I-A playoff is an absolutely viable solution. It works perfectly well for the other three divisions of college football, the NCAA's Division I-AA, Division II and Division III, which have operated playoff systems for years without ruining their academic integrity. They play the first round at the end of November, and the championship before Christmas. Many of those schools have better grad rates than the major football universities. I haven't noticed that a playoff has hurt Colgate.
Actually the real solution is to return to the days of no athletic scholarships in which a university's team was actually representative of the student population rather than representative of the best athletic talent that the university can exploit. But that isn't a realistic solution. So, bring on a playoff!
