Bullshit Championship Series

Ok, I'm finally going to rant about the BCS. It's been a long time coming, but after inevitably being forced into working on my neglected research project, I figured writing a blog would be more productive than actually putting time into my paper. So, without further ado, let's talk shit about the BCS.

Seriosuly though... The institution is fucked. The NCAA is dirtier than the shit underneath a hobo's fingernails, and the BCS is just an extension of that. Can anyone name a non-profit organization run by slimier scum than Bill Hancock? Or, a more relevant question: can anyone name a non-profit organization that has cooperating members who get shit on more than the "mid-major" schools? If this isn't about profit, why is there a $110 million TV deal to cover these enormously over-hyped BCS games? I understand the schools need to generate money, but when you say schools do you mean traditional powerhouses or are you actually talking about every Division 1-A school? Apparently it's the former, because since 2004 (when the BCS was allegedly "re-tooled" for the better of mid-majors) the revenue distribution hasn't even been close.

Conference            Millions of Dollars             Avg. per Team (Assuming Equal Distribution)

ACC                           130,230,836                             10,983,324.30

Big 10                        158,778,450                             16,575,597.40

Big 12                        143,778,450                             14,434,404.50

Big East                     130,230,836                             11,981,537.50

Pac 10                        136,230,855                             13,623,085.50

SEC                           154,230,837                             12,852,569.80

Everyone Else           130,171,923                               2,469,386.11


For those without a caluclator (or too lazy to use your MacBook widget) that's $853,480,264 million to the Automatic Qualifiers and $130,171,923 million to non-Automatic Qualifiers. Yeah... While it's almost equally disturbing that the Big 10 has "earned" more BCS money than the SEC (especially considering the SEC has won the past five national championships and seven of thirteen since the BCS was spawned), the alienation of mid-majors in revenue distribution is pretty ridiculous, huh?  Here's another chart, constructed by an economist named Dr. Richard Evans, showing how badly mid-major teams have gotten screwed since the inception of the BCS:




How can anyone say this is fair?  Unless your definition of fair is handing out mushroom bruises to mid-majors, this is bullshit.  I'm convinced Bill Hancock is the antichrist.  Where's Dexter when you need him?