Immediately after Wooden dies, the sleeze of the BCS realignment becomes the only topic of conversation.

“If you’re eliminating one BCS conference and you raid schools from another BCS conference, you potentially are down to four power conferences,” Self said. “And they’ll control all the money.

“Let’s just call it like it is. I’ve always believed if you have certain assets, be able to flaunt them to help you recruit or whatever. But I think this is going a little bit, overboard is not the right word, but from a business standpoint, it almost feels like a monopoly-type deal.

“I don’t think anybody, in the purest of sport, would think that would be a good thing.”


But "purity" is an absolutely foreign word to college football.

(06-14-2010 07:09 AM)MICHAELSPAPPY Wrote:  “If you’re eliminating one BCS conference and you raid schools from another BCS conference, you potentially are down to four power conferences,” Self said. “And they’ll control all the money.

“Let’s just call it like it is. I’ve always believed if you have certain assets, be able to flaunt them to help you recruit or whatever. But I think this is going a little bit, overboard is not the right word, but from a business standpoint, it almost feels like a monopoly-type deal.

“I don’t think anybody, in the purest of sport, would think that would be a good thing.”


But "purity" is an absolutely foreign word to college football.

TV both made and is ruining college football. Brought in great revenues, but now the tail is wagging the dog. What you'll have is potentially eight teams from four conferences playing for the national championship every year. Sad that everything is controlled by "big money", but that's life. Maybe that's always the way it's been, but we average folks are just beginning to understand how the system works. When tickets to college football games are $50-$100 dollars, there's something wrong with the system. But as long as people are willing to pay these crazy prices, I guess things will continue to go along as they are. Wonder how much tickets cost in Rome when the Christians played the Lions?
Guess only rich folks could afford them.