[Lysandru]

I personally detest what NCAA Division I football has become. It is utterly corrupt. Why has no one here on this thread mentioned the Penn State debacle? Football at Penn State became sacrosanct to the point where heinous crimes were covered up. And it even corrupts our service academies-- I am still bitter about Navy redshirting Napoleon McCallum.

All that said, this knuckleheaded busybody misses a fine point about small government. As much as I abhor how NCAA Div. I is now a de facto farm club system for the NFL (and I love the NFL!!!), I don't think that's it's the government's place to tell colleges how to run their sports programs. I just want to smack Michael Wilbon and other sports journalists who actually want Congress to intervene in how the BCS is run. We can't get the Senate to pass a freakin' budget-- to hell with tinkering with the BCS.

[MD Expat in PA]

Why has no one here on this thread mentioned the Penn State debacle? Football at Penn State became sacrosanct to the point where heinous crimes were covered up.

Agreed. But, and not to at all excuse corruption, the money generated from the Penn State football program in large part, along with an original grant from Hersey, funded the building and continues to support the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and its programs.

Penn State Donates More Than $2.6 Million in Bowl Funds For Child Abuse Prevention

All that said, this knuckleheaded busybody misses a fine point about small government. As much as I abhor how NCAA Div. I is now a de facto farm club system for the NFL (and I love the NFL!!!), I don't think that's it's the government's place to tell colleges how to run their sports programs. I just want to smack Michael Wilbon and other sports journalists who actually want Congress to intervene in how the BCS is run. We can't get the Senate to pass a freakin' budget-- to hell with tinkering with the BCS.

Yes!