[Husker] The fed bringing the hear on the BCS

[Mark Landin]

Once you take out a good percentage of the "name" teams to fill out a
tourney, the bowls lose a lot of their luster. Fewer elite teams
equals less fan interest equals less advertising money equals lower
payouts and bowl profitability. Bowls would become the NIT, basically
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On 1/31/10, j j <jjj112665 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 90% of the bowls are meaningless anyway so why couldnt the teams that dont
> make the playoffs still go to those bowl games? What would change for those
> bowls or those teams?
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> --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] The fed bringing the hear on the BCS
> To: "Theodore Heise" <theo at heise.nu>
> Cc: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 10:50 AM
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> Put yourself in the position of a player. What would you like to do at the
> end of the season... stay home, or go to a bowl game?
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> Depending upon the playoff format, it's doubtful many of the bowls will
> survive. People say they could accommodate both, but those people aren't the
> ones who will be paying for TV contracts and providing money to make the
> bowls happen.
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> Jon Johnston
> Corn Nation
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> On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Theodore Heise wrote:
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>> I've probably missed this from previous discussions, but does anyone know
>> what the players want to see happen?
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>> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010, Skip Burrell wrote:
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>>> I'd like to see the BCS dismantled AND have the old Bowl system restored.
>>> SAY NO TO A TOURNAMENT! I like being able to argue over who is the best
>>> when multiple teams end up with the same best win-loss record. And it's
>>> also possible that the best team doesn't have the best record because
>>> they started out poorly. That make a good argument too! IMO Tournaments
>>> are WAY overrated.
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>>> On 1/30/2010 8:19 AM, David Strong wrote:
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>>>> Yeah...I hear this all the time.  Someone always posts "don't they have
>>>> better things to do?"  I'm pretty sure these guys can walk and chew gum
>>>> at the same time...(if they want to.)  I'm all for anyone doing anything
>>>> to get rid of the BCS and install a real tournament.  The White House
>>>> can bring it on and I'm on their side.
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>>>> --- On Sat, 1/30/10, C Jolly<jocar26 at cox.net>  wrote:
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>>>>> Doesn't our government have enough on it's plate without getting
>>>>> involved in College Athletics?  They held hearings on steroid use in
>>>>> baseball with the economy circling the drain. I couldn't care less
>>>>> about steroid use, but the wasted valuable time on this.
>>>>>  I want the government out of my most of my life ... and billfold.
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>>>>> David Strong wrote:
>>>>>> Outstanding.  If it takes the Obama administration to get rid of this
>>>>>> mess and put a real tournament in place...awesome.
>>>>>> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2010-01-29-government-bcs_N.htm
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