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yungmiku's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Pretty outdated in some ways (the Sun Belt is a bad conference, Joe Paterno being a positive figure...) but still prescient given all the recent realignment because of college football. Especially like the breakdown of how conference commissioners and university presidents choose what is best for them and their schools vs what is best for college sports as a whole. It sucks! Death to the Big Ten!
villianess's review against another edition
4.0
If you want to understand how college football teams seems to have great seasons, good standings in the polls and still don't receive a bowl bid. Read on. The BCS is called a 'cartel' for a reason. They are as corrupt as any unchecked agency there is. The people that are in charge of setting up bowl games, determining who gets paid and how much have been in the same position for years, making big bucks to make sure the system doesn't change.
I more fully understand now and will try to not get as upset.... NAH!!!
I more fully understand now and will try to not get as upset.... NAH!!!
gregotto's review against another edition
5.0
Not only is this book an eye-opener for college football fans, it details the greed and excess that continues to bankrupt this country.
College football becomes more than a game when the greed of a small group of men siphons money away from colleges and universities who desperately need the money. This book details how the con works, and why it's doomed to fail.
This book needs to be read by educators, athletes and fans of the game. College football needs to be changed for so many reasons, and this book may be the tipping point for an absolute overhaul.
College football becomes more than a game when the greed of a small group of men siphons money away from colleges and universities who desperately need the money. This book details how the con works, and why it's doomed to fail.
This book needs to be read by educators, athletes and fans of the game. College football needs to be changed for so many reasons, and this book may be the tipping point for an absolute overhaul.
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