Death To The Bcs Case Study

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Death to the BCS Parker VanBlaricom University of Memphis Table of Contents Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction & Background……………………………………………………………………….4 Bill Hancock………………………………………………………………………………………5 Argument for BCS………………………………………………………………………...5 Finances…………………………………………………………………………………………...5 The good…………………………………………………………………………………..6 The bad……………………………………………………………………………………6 Fairness……………………………………………………………………………………………7 Fan Enjoyment…………………………………………………………………………………….8 The solution……………………………………………………………………………………...10 Why………………………………………………………………………………………………10 Implantation & Summary………………………………………………………………………..11 Pie Charts……………………………………………………………………………………..….13 References………………………………………………………………………………………..14…show more content…
Is the BCS fair? Again Bill Hancock argues heavily that it cannot get fairer than the BCS. Central to his argument in defense of the BCS is Hancock’s interview with Gary Patterson, the head football coach of Texas Christian University (TCU). TCU is a smaller school than most would expect to be against the BCS, but Hancock highlights Patterson’s support for the system. Hancock quotes an ESPN interview with Patterson saying, “We had a vision nine years ago of reaching a BCS bowl and going to a national championship. A lot of people laughed and shook their heads and said, 'Well, that's nice.' We're now crossing that threshold” (Hancock “Should College”). Also, Hancock argues that college football already has a single-elimination post-season playoff: the regular season. The argument Hancock makes is that the regular season is so important; losing teams are eliminated from a chance at the championship while winning teams have that chance. The argument made by BCS proponents is that adding a playoff would diminish the value of the regular season. Instead of every game mattering, a team could afford to lose a game or two and still make the national championship. This scenario is one that BCS supporters say is unreasonable. Also, because of the bowl games, much more teams are able to compete in the

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