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Tulsa World: Expansion options abound for Big 12
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<blockquote data-quote="westtexfrog" data-source="post: 585704" data-attributes="member: 6398"><p>QUOTE(Frog Attack II @ Jun 22 2010, 08:33 AM) [snapback]585666[/snapback]</p><p>I found this reader response to be very telling:</p><p></p><p>"The gall and irony is thick.</p><p></p><p>One month it's a hundred different rationale's why the Utah's, BYU's, Boise's, and TCU's aren't worthy for BCS inclusion when it comes to a fair and equal shot at the National Championship. The next it's rationale' for how the likes of New Mexico, UNLV, Colorado State, Louisville, and Memphis are worthy of BCS inclusion at the luxury of one of the 6 BCS Conferences.</p><p></p><p>One can't help but question the root foundations of conceptual right and wrong... good and bad... truth and falsehood that fosters and produces such logic, reasoning, sense of fairness, and righteousness. "</p><p></p><p>Man... the entire sport is sick w/ the greed virus. Just another bubble to pop in the near future in my opinion. when they turn this into semi-professional, what differences will there be between semi-pro college football, the Canadien Football league, and arena football? They've completely lost their way IMO - it's no longer about athletic performance of "student athletes". It's about TV sets in your market & the hope that additions to a conference will bring the fat cats more TV Revenue and more wins...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"....when they turn this into semi-professional" I can remember as a young boy in the 60's hearing my father say that television was ruining professional sports (he loved baseball) and that eventually he thought television would ruin collegiate sports. As much as I wish we still had him today, I am glad that he isn't having to watch the distruction of college sports we are witnessing today. Just my opinion, but "they" have already turned college football and basketball into semi-professional. sports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westtexfrog, post: 585704, member: 6398"] QUOTE(Frog Attack II @ Jun 22 2010, 08:33 AM) [snapback]585666[/snapback] I found this reader response to be very telling: "The gall and irony is thick. One month it's a hundred different rationale's why the Utah's, BYU's, Boise's, and TCU's aren't worthy for BCS inclusion when it comes to a fair and equal shot at the National Championship. The next it's rationale' for how the likes of New Mexico, UNLV, Colorado State, Louisville, and Memphis are worthy of BCS inclusion at the luxury of one of the 6 BCS Conferences. One can't help but question the root foundations of conceptual right and wrong... good and bad... truth and falsehood that fosters and produces such logic, reasoning, sense of fairness, and righteousness. " Man... the entire sport is sick w/ the greed virus. Just another bubble to pop in the near future in my opinion. when they turn this into semi-professional, what differences will there be between semi-pro college football, the Canadien Football league, and arena football? They've completely lost their way IMO - it's no longer about athletic performance of "student athletes". It's about TV sets in your market & the hope that additions to a conference will bring the fat cats more TV Revenue and more wins... "....when they turn this into semi-professional" I can remember as a young boy in the 60's hearing my father say that television was ruining professional sports (he loved baseball) and that eventually he thought television would ruin collegiate sports. As much as I wish we still had him today, I am glad that he isn't having to watch the distruction of college sports we are witnessing today. Just my opinion, but "they" have already turned college football and basketball into semi-professional. sports. [/QUOTE]
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