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[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by Danzig

there's a reason why they don't go to a different system, and i can't help but think it's all green. someone, or several someones, benefit from this system and wouldn't if they changed. what else can it be?
as for the money split, that's what schools like the most. they get money even if they don't do well, because they're in a conference with money to share.
anyway, like i said, i'll watch either way. but until they solve the puzzle of why this system is wanted by the powers that be, it won't change.

The money is currently being pocketed by the Bowls themselves, and the BCS commissioners. I want that job. You are in charge of one event a year. How much time and work does it take to set everything necessary up for your bowl game? Then get paid like these guys do.

From Cannons post: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--...ff-system.html

These are the numbers athletic directors discuss among themselves – that and the outlandish spending of bowl games, the most famous being former Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker.
An internal Fiesta Bowl investigation found him living the high life on the bowl games dime for nearly two decades. The game paid for his four country club memberships, his $2,250 a month car allowance and a $33,188 birthday party he threw for himself. It picked up a $95,000 tab for he and other college sports power brokers to play a round of golf with Jack Nicklaus.
One year, he averaged an almost impossible $2,111.96 per day in expenses on his AMEX Black card.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

The money is currently being pocketed by the Bowls themselves, and the BCS commissioners. I want that job. You are in charge of one event a year. How much time and work does it take to set everything necessary up for your bowl game? Then get paid like these guys do.

From Cannons post: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--...ff-system.html

yeah, i read the articles. and just like everything else, it's the money that dictates what happens. and those with the money have the power to keep things from changing.
besides, for schools, bowls are a lot of exposure and a recruiting tool. being one of 70 is a lot more doable than being one of 16.
i wonder if they'll ever make a change.