THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011
QUOTE OF THE DAY
PAGE 11
"The one thing is, I'm sorry he's not here to enjoy it."
Chicago Lots Hall or Famer Billy Williams on R Santo, who was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday. Santo died from complications because of bladder cancer and pneumonia on Dec. 3, 2010, at the age of 70
Santo received 15 of 16 votes from the Golden Era committee to become the 47th Hall of Famer to have played for the Cubs.
— espn.com
Q: How many years did it take for Santo to get into the Hall of Fame?
A:32
The BCS is all about the benjamins now
MORNING BREW
The BCS stands for the Bowl Championship Series, but it really stands for Best Corrunt System.
The perversion within college sports, specifically college football, has gone on for several decades. Since the BCS was created in 1998 to generate revenue and pair the top two teams in the national championship game, the greed has reached new, unprecedented heights.
Money dictates everything. Money is both loved and loathed for its authoritarianism. Money is the BCS.
The 2011 BCS National Championship game features two teams from the Southeastern Conference, LSU and Alabama. Regardless of who wins the title game, an SEC team will have won the national championship six seasons in a row — an unmatched level of excellence that disparages other conferences. Since the BCS's inception in 1998, an SEC team has won 54 percent of the national championships. That percentage will increase to 57 percent once the 2011 BCS title game is played. Because of its success and competitiveness, SEC football is the monetary king that rules the college sports landscape. The SEC is the BCS's piggy bank.
Football is the main source of revenue
for college athletic departments. School presidents and athletic directors understand that if they want their schools' athletics programs to be financially prosperous, football success is imperative. The SEC is the model conference that other BCS conferences strive to emulate. The SEC's establishment of two divisions within the conference, creation of a conference championship game and price TV contracts were influential. SEC programs are satisfied because the conference engages in equal revenue sharing and their programs are nationally recognized because of the television exposure.
Two disgruntled schools, Missouri and Texas A&M, bolted from the Big 12 for the SEC because they sought a piece of
the pie. The schools recognized the SEC's economic might and football dominance and were convinced that there were greener financial and competitive pastures. The Big 12 was on course toward financial stability once all conference members agreed to equal revenue sharing and the conference is as competitive as the SEC, but greed swayed Texas A&M and Missouri south.
Missouri and Texas A&M also used Colorado's and Nebraska's departures from the Big 12 as an excuse to leave for the SEC because they didn't want to be left behind if the Big 12 dissolved. Nebraska joined the Big Ten, and Colorado became a new member of the PAC 12. Both conferences were starving for a 12-member league so they could create conference divisions as well as a conference championship game to compete against the SEC. The Big Ten and PAC 12 also recognized an equal revenue sharing policy for its members.
For the ACC to remain a legitimate BCS member and avoid defection from its members, the conference had to acquire at least two schools from the Big East, the weakest BCS conference. It is the weakest BCS conference because its revenue among other BCS conferences is
very low.
The BCS and the SEC are responsible for the revamped college sports landscape that has alienated fans. Inequality exists in college sports, especially football. The Big 12 and the Big East were victims of the conference realignment chaos that destroyed the fabric of college athletics. For a school like Oklahoma State that deserves a shot at the national title, it's unfair. Money is deciding the fate of student athletes and fans, who are the real losers in all of this.
Edited by Ben Chipman
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
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