Join the Occupy BCS Movement (#OccupyBCS)
Everyone knows the BS “Championship” Series is broken. It has been for years. Well….everyone except SEC fans and the commissioners of the automatically qualifying conferences know it’s broken. College football needs a playoff. The teams deserve it. The fans deserve it. It would be the most-watched series of games in the history of sports on television. The postseason games would actually count and there would be real drama.
Instead, we’re left with yet another year of controversy because the champion won’t be decided on the field. Instead, we get a bunch of gymnastics by the supporters, arguing how every game really does count – unless it’s an SEC team. The argument is lame. The system is lame. It still needs to be fixed.
But the only time people seem to make noise about it is when their team is left out (like Oklahoma State this year and Auburn a few years ago). Maybe that will open their eyes and they’ll keep shouting for a playoff even after this season. I’m not holding my breath. Success and national accolades seems to make it easy to whitewash what’s really wrong with a system (read: Colts with Peyton Manning vs. Colts with an injured Peyton Manning). It’s a house of cards waiting to topple. But it’s easy to just look away when that happens. And the supporters will keep saying, “Hey – at least the right team won the championship,” even though we have no idea if the right team really did win.
But I’ve come to the conclusion that things will not begin to change unless the primary sponsors (Vizio, Tostitos, Allstate, and Discover Card) start feeling the pinch. Things will not begin to change unless the station carrying the games (ESPN for the foreseeable future) starts seeing a ratings decline. That’s the only way things will change. Since “Occupy ______” has become the new trend, I have decided to throw my support behind the Occupy BCS movement (#OccupyBCS, @DeathToTheBCS). I haven’t watched a BS game since Boise State beat Oklahoma – and I really haven’t missed anything. I invite you to join me. If there’s ever going to be any real change in the broken college football system, it has to begin with the people rising up and saying “No more!” And the only way our voice will be heard is if we stop giving the college football Fat Cats what they want – eyeballs on their games and butts in their seats. The only way our voice will be heard is if we stop watching the games!
Watch anything else. In fact, here’s a schedule of other shows on TV Monday night. Or better yet: turn the TV off. Read a book. Play Ninja Burger with your kids. Write a letter. Go to bed early. I don’t think it matters.
After all, you’re not going to miss anything on Monday night. You already saw that game once.
It’s time for the People to rise up! Join the Occupy BCS Movement!
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Spot on my friend! Couldn’t have said it better!
The BCS is dead! Long live college football!