Is the BCS Bowl Bunk?

Is the BCS Bowl Bunk? Does it have to be so complicated?

If this topic were determined by democracy, the BCS system would be voted out as the method for determining the top teams in the country, and play offs would be in.

If the game of football was an exact science (no consideration of referees, suspensions and injuries) then the BCS system might be a viable method; not discounting the economics.

We live in a capitalistic country where money talks and football is enormous. Once the top teams are determined via some sort of play off, let the bowls bid and let the cash flow.

Ok, so let’s pare it down. Let me ask you – if you were the father, mother, brother or sister of a collegiate football player and you had watched him give his entire life to football at all levels from Kindergarten on, would you be in favor of the BCS system? Doubtful.

Sure, the really great athletes will move up to the ranks of the NFL, that might “one up” their college experience, but the majority of them will not. But this is a team sport and it takes a team to win. These are guys playing at the collegiate level and will not pass this way again.

There is just something so wholesome about the concept that, a) teams should advance on merit of their abilities and strength of schedule, and b) our country should thrive on the economic impact of the bowl games by allowing the free market to determine the exact bowl per team by bowl bids.

Why does life – and BCS – have to be so complicated?