The Department of Justice is currently investigating the BCS, the OPEC of big money sports, and NCAA President Mark Emmert and BCS Director Bill Hancock are doing little more than playing the denial and ignorance game. The Fiesta Bowl’s egregious offenses (and the slap-on-the-wrist ruling that followed) have called attention to corruption within the BCS. And now the Feds are … [Read more...] about How the U.S. Dept of Justice Could Bring About a College Football Playoff
Bill Hancock
Fiesta Bowl Stays in BCS, Dept of Justice Continues Investigating Cartel
As you might have just heard, the Fiesta Bowl will be allowed to remain part of the Bowl Championship Series, though it must pay a $1 million fine (which sounds like a lot of money, but really isn't in the grand spectrum when you consider their annual earnings history) for apparent illegal campaign contributions and inappropriate spending. The BCS presidential oversight … [Read more...] about Fiesta Bowl Stays in BCS, Dept of Justice Continues Investigating Cartel
BCS Executive Director Sidesteps Justice Department
The United States Justice Department has now budded in front of the queue of the long line of BCS haters. On Wedenesday, the AP reported that Christine Varney, the antitrust chief with the department, asked the NCAA some very poignant questions in regard to why the NCAA continues to utilize the often scoffed at BCS instead of a playoff system to determine it's Division I … [Read more...] about BCS Executive Director Sidesteps Justice Department