After reading about the BCS Bowl corruption that permeates throughout all the bowls, it amazes me that anyone can take those things seriously anymore....

It's not about the game, the teams, the student(?)\athletes, it's all about making cash money in the MILLIONS for the organizers & AD's....

The universities lose, the teams lose, the fans lose but those selection committees & AD's make a killing.... "Welcome to the toilet bowl, by the way Mr. AD, your school owes us $100 a ticket for 20,000 tickets, oh, you only sold 500, well then you still owe us for 19,500 tickets, oh, the game only sold 5000 tickets overall, well the stadium gets that money but the money you owe us is for the bowl committee that set up this extravaganza & if you pay now Mr.AD, you'll get a 20% commission plus a golf outing & a handful of bills for the dancers at the club later...."

"Why? Because if those advisors are ACC commissioner John Swofford or one of 40 FBS athletic directors, they're enjoying a four-day, all-expense paid cruise to the Bahamas courtesy of the Orange Bowl. (Here is the 2010 Orange Bowl Summer Splash passenger manifest, obtained by Playoff PAC.) Why would an AD advise a president to do anything different when the BCS guarantees a massage on the Lido Deck?

Or maybe those ADs are in Phoenix at the annual Fiesta Frolic, a three-day junket loaded with golf, hospitality suites and swag. (If you're buying gifts, Colorado AD Mike Bohn likes an XX-large golf shirt and size 12 shoes in his swag bag.) The Fiesta pays for this junket every year, yet bowl officials had the audacity to consider asking for a $300,000 government subsidy in February 2010.

Speaking of subsidies, the Sugar Bowl received more than $5.3 million in government grants in fiscal years 2006-08. Meanwhile CEO Paul Hoolahan (annual salary for staging one football game: $645,386 in fiscal 2008) happily supported the circumvention of the NCAA's enforcement system to allow five Ohio State players guilty of NCAA violations to play against Arkansas in his game this past January. Why was he so happy? The bending of rules preserved "the integrity of this year's game," Hoolohan told The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.

Oh, by the way, not one of the BCS bowls pays taxes. They are run as 501(c)3 charities." Sports Illustrated....

Why am I so obsessed with this corruption ????

Because they ruined my favorite day of the year, JANUARY 1st.... INTEGRITY of the game, ain't no such thing from top to bottom in div. 1 college football these days....