This one was pretty good, too.
Posted on 06/10/2010 12:38:44 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
I hope Lane enjoys his tour there.
Barry Switzer has been saying that for years. You are right, either pay them or set up a farm league for the NFL.
The NCAA has no say in USC BCS championship only the BCS.
That would be so good for the kids who really don't want to go to college, but who are still excellent athletes.
The AP has already said that USC will retain its #1 ranking with them. The BCS will vacate USC's win, but will not name a new champion. There will not be one for that year.
While that is true as a matter of fact, for practical purposes this decision by the NCAA will be acknowledged by the BCS in due course. From their own website...
The NCAA has principal responsibility for governance of intercollegiate athletics and the institutional capacity and administrative structures suitable to that task. The conferences and institutions that participate in the BCS did not create the arrangement to assume oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Those responsibilities are the province of the NCAA, and should remain there.We recognize, however, that the BCS arrangement crowns a national champion in Division I Bowl Subdivision football. We also recognize that, because the BCS games involve a number of conference champions and other highly regarded teams, they are showcase events for post-season football. One of the best ways of ensuring that they remain so is for us, as individual conferences and institutions, to foster full compliance with NCAA rules.
Accordingly, if, after the playing of a BCS bowl game, the NCAA (1) finds that an institution has violated the rules governing intercollegiate athletics in the period in which it played in a BCS game and (2) imposes sanctions for those violations, then we will consider whether such institution's participation in the BCS game should no longer be recognized, i.e., the institution's participation in the BCS game should be deemed vacated for purposes of the BCS game records that the conferences and institutions compile each year. Vacation of a team's participation in a BCS bowl game could also include withdrawal of recognition of a team as the BCS national champion if such team has won the national championship game. Such action, we believe, reflects the narrow scope of the BCS arrangement and is consistent with the NCAA's approach when it subsequently discovers infractions by institutions whose teams have played in NCAA championship events.
In making that determination, we will rely heavily on and be substantially guided by the results of the NCAA's investigative proceedings, any hearings before the Committee on Infractions or other bodies, and the factual findings made and the nature and severity of sanctions imposed, if any, after exhaustion of all rights of appeal by the affected institution. There is no need for us to replicate NCAA enforcement procedures or conduct separate fact-finding inquiries. All institutions participating in BCS games are NCAA members and are bound by its rules. In any enforcement proceedings, they are afforded substantial protections. We believe that reliance on the results of NCAA processes is not only reasonable in light of the limited question presented whether continued recognition of an institution's participation in a BCS game is warranted but also consonant with our acknowledgement that the NCAA has the primary role for governing intercollegiate athletics. When an enforcement proceeding ends, the NCAA issues a thorough report detailing its findings of violations, if any, and the sanctions that it has imposed. Therefore, there will be an ample public record from a procedurally fair and rigorous fact-finding inquiry on which our consideration may rest.
While no final determination can be made without a concrete set of facts, in evaluating whether an institution's participation in a BCS bowl game should be vacated, the conferences and institutions will be guided by the following principles:
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LOL, Wiki-me-dia at it best.
This one was pretty good, too.
More like Hurricane County.
You misspelled Auburn Tigers... :-)
uh, I believe Auburn has declare themselves that National Championship as their own.
“Yes, I believe that is exactly how it works. I’m not sure if there was a unanimous 2nd place school, but even if there wasn’t I think someone will be awarded the Championship.
It’s just like the Olympics. When someone is stripped of their Gold, the Silver medalist gets the gold instead.”
No, the BCS has said there will be no champion.
“...Bush got improper benefits while at USC.”
Bush’s fault...
..because the Buckeyes can’t win them legitimately in any case...
That county extends up to Delaware, at least. By the way, your pitcher in tonight’s Super Regional was simply awesome. Congrats, but there’s 2 more games to go :)
You mean one more game to go.
Are you saying that THE THE THE THE THE Ohio State Buckeyes shouldn’t get THE THE THE THE THE championship if it goes into default? Well I’ll BE BE BE BE BE.
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