OT: more BCS bowl corruption

Submitted by dnak438 on

First the Fiesta Bowl, now the Sugar Bowl (Dr Saturday):

Inspired by the illegalityexcess and deceit that nearly brought the Fiesta Bowl to its knees earlier this year, HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel launched a wider investigation into the BCS bowl racket that will air tonight at 10 p.m. ET in an episode titled "Cashin' In." Its revelations about the dire financial realities schools face to play in "non-profit" bowl games won't come as any news to college football fans, but it does include reporter Bernard Goldberg confronting Football Bowl Association lawyer/spokesman Bruce Bernstein on camera (see the clip above) with evidence that the Sugar Bowl — beneficiary of more than $6.8 million in subsidies from state and local governments in Louisiana from 2007-10 — was involved in the same brand of illegal influence peddling that put the Fiesta Bowl in the sights of the Arizona Attorney General's office, among others.

Always on the ball, the anti-BCS crusaders at Playoff PAC have already filed an IRS complaint against the Sugar Bowl based on Goldberg's interview.

Here is the clip from HBO:

 
The BCS should show that it is adequately policing itself or be destroyed.

Hokester

September 20th, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^

You would think the non-stop corruption and violations would get us on the fast-track to change but, really, does anyone think anything will really change?  The system has been a joke for years and will continue to be so for many more.