tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post34115939326837249..comments2023-11-02T05:41:36.074-06:00Comments on City Weekly Salt Blog: Archives January 2007-February 2009: BCS-Gate? You Freakin' Kidding Me?Salt Lake City Weeklyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546409659306486287noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-27031618051486865652009-01-10T12:42:00.000-07:002009-01-10T12:42:00.000-07:00FYIThe current BCS is designed to keep hundreds of...FYI<BR/><BR/>The current BCS is designed to keep hundreds of millions of dollars in certain conferences illegally.<BR/><BR/>If the AG is successful, that would equate into millions of dollars in additional state revenue, as well as millions more for our state universities. <BR/><BR/>So yes, this investigation is worth our AG's time, regardless of how you feel about sports. Unless of course you'd rather not have all that money for our state and schools?The Buyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652897750682441760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-86828570661860981162009-01-08T16:48:00.000-07:002009-01-08T16:48:00.000-07:00This topic isn't new to Utah's AG. None other than...This topic isn't new to Utah's AG. None other than the President-elect, Barack Obama, has spoken up on the unfairness of the current BCS set-up for college football championships. <BR/><BR/>See the current issue (January 7) of ESPN Magazine, which states, in part:<BR/><BR/>"Call Myles Brand, president of the asleep-at-the-wheel NCAA, and ask him if he and his greedy presidents are going to stand in defiance of president-elect Barack Obama, who wants a playoff and<BR/>wants it yesterday. Ask Brand what he's going to do if Obama starts asking the Justice Department to look into anti-trust hearings against the BCS. The Utah attorney general has already launched an investigation into that very thing. Or ask him what he'll do if Obama asks the Department of Education to consider withholding federal funds from these schools that have entered into this secret club called the BCS. You don't think playing in the title game means millions in general-fund donations for a school? That's as unfair as anything Title IX fought against."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-32036009603225046072009-01-07T18:29:00.000-07:002009-01-07T18:29:00.000-07:00This whole thing is a gamble, and probably a losin...This whole thing is a gamble, and probably a losing one. On one hand, it is a huge waste of time for something that likely won't pay out. On the other hand, it would be nice if The U, BYU, USU and all the other dredges were to receive more funding that could be used for the universities.<BR/><BR/>Dunno what to side on with this, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955615969511521360.post-73089336495582415272009-01-07T12:03:00.000-07:002009-01-07T12:03:00.000-07:00I guess his leg must be feeling better...I guess his leg must be feeling better...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com