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Jim Delaney, epitome of arrogance
Can this guy be more arrogant?

Good article about BCS & playoffs

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=...&type=lgns
01-08-2007 05:36 PM
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Isn't there some type of anti trust violation the NCAA can be hit with?

Delany says the BCS and college football are more popular than ever. What the heck else is there? They have a monopoly, so if you're a college football fan, where are you going to go?
01-08-2007 07:00 PM
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According to Delaney's criteria, people would have to go cold turkey with no college football to signal our discontent. I really don't like LAWYERS...

Quote:Eventually the consumer will get what he demands, Delany said. But he cites TV ratings and attendance figures as evidence that the consumer has yet to truly demand change.

Defending his assertion, Delany said revenue from college football has grown to $900 million from $200 million since 1990; average attendance for Big Ten games has increased to 71,000 from 58,000 over that same period; and the rising TV ratings and sponsorship dollars suggest the game is as healthy as ever.

"There's probably more of an outcry than there was 15 years ago for something different. I don't disagree with that," Delany said during a recent interview in Chicago. "But what I've also seen simultaneously is the growth in interest in the BCS and the regular season.

"If the public walks away from our games during the regular season and walks away from television during the regular season and walks away from the bowls, they're saying, We won't support this anymore. We want something else.' But I don't see them walking away from anything."

That's BS, plain and simple. All the non-BCS leagues should band together and refuse to play ANY games against BCS teams until things change. See how happy the alums would be that Enormous State U. has to schedule other BCS teams or D1AA teams to fill out their OOC schedules.

A playoff is needed and the BCS should be disbanded. Equality needs to come to college football. Equality of opportunity and a sharing of the enormous $$$ that is generated.

The most telling comment in that article:
Quote:He readily admits a playoff could be good for Division I-A football at large, but quickly adds, "I don't work for college football at large."
I work for the greedy bastiges in the Big10.
01-08-2007 07:28 PM
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