I think I'm going to help start a group that will boycott every bowl game on television and encourage every "fan" to NOT travel to any bowl games till they put in a playoff system. This is such a scam. If the feds really want to get serious they'll get some forensic accountants and the IRS to start looking into the "charities" that run these Bowl games and display where the money goes.
I can bet that you'll see a whole lot of rats falling out of that little investigation.
I recently read that several BCS teams, including Auburn, actually LOST money by playing in the Bowl Game, after expenses.
That might be the thing that finally gets us a playoff, when the schools realize how much money a playoff system would generate.