‘Mystery’ of BCS Not Much to Love About
Ohio State president Gordon Gee has offered colorful quotes over the years about college football’s Bowl Championship Series (BCS). He once declared, in Charlton Heston-like fashion, that he would cling to the BCS status quo until playoff supporters wrenched it from his “cold, dead hands.” Weeks ago, he provided another memorable line in a Toledo Blade interview: “[E]veryone is being rewarded in this [BCS] system, plus there’s a mystery to it. I love the elegance of the mystery.”
For Mr. Gee and other men of mystery, there’s much to love about the BCS.
Consider the BCS’s opaque finances. Those must be a Gee favorite. The BCS controls an enormous amount of money – its members signed a four-year contract with broadcaster ESPN rumored to be worth $500 million, a $180 million increase over its previous deal. Despite the fact that its revenues impact public education budgets, the BCS has never revealed its total income or revenue distribution scheme under this new, larger contract. And precious little information is available about the group’s spending.
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