We do not need a playoff. Waste of taxpayer $$. The school Presidents signed off on this and agreed to the format. ITS BEEN WORKING. So what that every other sport practically has a playoff.. the BCS is what makes D1 college football UNIQUE. Apparently its a shame to be unique.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Whether one is opposed to a playoff for college football or not, this > stinks! > Orrin Hatch has absolutely no shame. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: *JunoGator <[email protected]> > *Sender: *[email protected] > *Date: *Thu, 5 May 2011 08:15:39 -0400 > *To: *GatorNEWS<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: *[email protected] > *Subject: *[gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN, For 4/28 at > 1:00PM, Courtesy of Shane Ford > > > Justice Dept. to NCAA: Why no college football playoff? > > > > By* FREDERIC J. FROMMER* > > The Justice Department wants to know why the NCAA doesn't have a college > football playoff system and says there are "serious questions" about whether > the current format to determine a national champion complies with antitrust > laws. > > Critics who have urged the department to investigate the Bowl Championship > Series contend it unfairly gives some schools preferential access to the > title championship game and top-tier end-of-the-season bowl contents. > > In a letter this week, the department's antitrust chief, Christine Varney, > asked NCAA President Mark Emmert why a playoff system isn't used in > football, unlike in other sports; what steps the NCAA has taken to create > one; and whether Emmert thinks there are aspects of the BCS system that > don't serve the interest of fans, schools and players. > > "Your views would be relevant in helping us to determine the best course of > action with regard to the BCS," she wrote. > > "Serious questions continue to arise suggesting the current Bowl > Championship Series system may not be conducted consistent with the > competition principles expressed in the federal antitrust laws," Varney > said. > > Varney noted that the attorney general of Utah, Mark Shurtleff, has said he > plans an antitrust lawsuit against the BCS, and that 21 professors recently > wrote the department requesting an investigation. > > Shurtleff, who met with department officials last fall to discuss a > possible federal probe, said at the time that such an investigation was > critical to the effort to get a playoff system. > > The NCAA said Wednesday it would respond to the government's questions when > it receives the letter. > > Spokesman Bob Williams said Emmert consistently has said the NCAA is > willing to move to a playoff format if schools with the nation's major > football programs want to go that route. > > Bill Hancock, the BCS executive director, was confident the current system > complies with the law. > > "Goodness gracious, with all that's going on in the world right now and > with national and state budgets being what they are, it seems like a waste > of taxpayers' money to have the government looking into how college football > games are played," he said. > > Under the BCS, the champions of six conferences have automatic bids to play > in top-tier bowl games; other conferences don't. Those six conferences also > receive more money than the other conferences. > > Attorney General Eric Holder referenced Varney's letter at a Senate hearing > Wednesday, in response to a statement from Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah > Republican and BCS critic. Hatch called the BCS a "mess" and said that > "privileged conferences" have tremendous advantages over the unprivileged. > > "And I just hope that you'll continue to follow up on that particular > issue," he said. "It's an important one, I think." > > "I don't disagree with you," Holder responded. "You and I have talked about > this issue, and I think I'm free to say that we have sent a letter to the > NCAA about this issue and will be following up." > > Before he was sworn in as president, Barack Obama said in 2008 that he was > going to "to throw my weight around a little bit" to nudge college football > toward a playoff system. > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
