More BCS Power

The following is an excerpt from an article I am currently working on entitled Busting The BCS.  It analyzes the BCS's possible antitrust violations.  This excerpt is focused on the two new bowl games announced for next season.  If you are interested in the entire article let me know and I will post more or create a link so it can be read.  Senator Hatch, that includes you.

College football is growing and yet the schools and conferences reaping the benefits are BCS members.  There have been two new bowl games added for next season and continuing on for four years, the four teams that will be invited will all be from BCS conferences.[1]  The New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium in New York City will match-up the third-ranked team from the Big East and the sixth-ranked team from the Big 12, while the Dallas Football Classic will pit the sixth-ranked team from the Big Ten against the seventh-ranked team from the Big 12.[2] This is just one more example of how the rich continue to get richer and how the BCS bowl games are not the only place where Non-BCS schools are excluded.  The BCS perpetuates the disparities between members and non-members in many areas other than the difficulty in playing in the Orange, Rose, Fiesta, Sugar, or BCS National Championship bowl games.  These examples clearly demonstrate the anticompetitive effects the BCS has on college football.  

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[1]Associated Press, NCAA Approves 35 Bowl Games For Next Four Years, http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5129612 (last visited May 4, 2010).

[2] Id.