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Making the Rounds: All this BCS is Making My Head Hurt
Making the Rounds: All this BCS is Making My Head Hurt
No more promise are to be made of this being the ‘last’ or ‘next to last’ article on the BCS. There is just too much content to ignore the issue. Now I could just write a huge piece filled with thousands of words about the hearings. This BCS talk has some legs still ...
A Recap of the Senate BCS Hearing
A Recap of the Senate BCS Hearing
teamspeedkills.com — You can watch today's Senate BCS hearing online (skip ahead to about the 17 minute mark), but... it's mostly just five people treading old ground. Anyway, it was far less of a waste of time than the House hearing earlier this year because it wasn't ... (more) A Recap of the Senate BCS Hearing
College Football Goes Down the Hatch
online.wsj.com — You can't blame Nancy Pelosi for this one. Today the Senate antitrust subcommittee will hold hearings on... perhaps the only American institution less popular than Congress itself: the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Like an earlier hearing in the House, ... (more) College Football Goes Down the Hatch
The Economics of Why the BCS Doesn't Want Change
The Economics of Why the BCS Doesn't Want Change
teamspeedkills.com — The BCS is going to get vilified in Congress again today, but the folks in charge of... it don't want change. There's a litany of reasons why they want to keep the current system, but today I'm going to focus on the economic reason. It's partly ... (more) The Economics of Why the BCS Doesn't Want Change
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