BCS a Violation of Anti-Trust Laws?

" And more active sports news. And I -- a look at the right camera here battle over the act college football bowl championship series is moving from the gridiron to Capitol Hill today. -- senate panels looking at whether the system violates. Antitrust laws under the current system nearly half about college football teams will get a piece of that half billion dollar television contracts. A with the Walt Disney's ESPN Nash stars next year. The much larger shares goes to teams from the sixth largest football conferences should does the bowl system need. A new game plan that's who we're going to be talking about that Letterman is a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal sunny how -- is the managing director of pro business intelligence so. -- why now why is -- something that we're talking about now."

" I think we've seen. The smaller schools. Get more competitive over the last few years and what's in it for them. What's independence more money they if you get spots in the and must -- these polls you have a chair of the -- touched upon."

" It seems like finishing time to address this again in DC estimates going out the economy at health care. And now at the hearing on this what do you think senator pat cash invested in this lot -- now for him."

" While the team from state university. At a terrific season last year and guy he wants to make sure this is it's it's it's a fair playing field for everybody."

" And those football fans -- a -- for a football -- I can say that I said he is senator hatch wrote in Sports Illustrated. That the BCS is -- intentionally and explicitly favor certain participants. What kind of an antitrust case is really have there."

" I think he has a pretty decent one -- this about about money matter we're talking about eighteen million dollars guaranteed. For the BCS schools versus one point eight million dollars guaranteed. For the non BCS schools and what they're saying if we are being excluded from this significant revenue because the others have conspired they created a monopoly. I always think that this past the and I trust smell test. And it really really does because you have to. Balance at any court that looks at it is going to say. Well the the anti competitive effects are outweighed the pro competitive effects and it's pretty anticompetitive that you can't guarantee you don't get guaranteed eighteen million dollars. Pro competitive don't you want the best teams playing for the championship and that's really now what's happening is a -- conducting that balancing test. I would say anticompetitive effects certainly outweigh the pro competitive -- so mad -- what's the alternative to the current system."

" We would have a playoff system where probably -- teams would play a series of games leading up to a championship game. Basketball has 64 teams playing an appointment at least a championship game."

" Football has nothing like that they have these -- collection of all -- and it basketball NCAA has been down this antitrust wrote that before it can you tell us a little bit about that. Well I think -- I think the model is due may."

" Make the tournament available the most. -- possible -- was 340 teams. Some -- forty teams that can qualify for this tournament its most popular sporting events and people including the president."

" We want to see the world that I worked for the -- well it's difficult it's it's much more compressed time of year there are academic issues involved."

" It's December it's what it's a period when it when it students have finals so would be more difficult but would that much money involved and people really want to see."

" The best teams find the championship you have to think -- that much money you know available -- the figure at a weighted divided up."

" used -- that there there is that looks like a legitimate complaints here -- there's a difference between something being unfair and something being outrageously illegal and then there's been no ruling as sex. So what's the difference here. Well you know I think public the court of public opinion certainly it's unfair I think we can all agree why shouldn't the best team. Be allowed to play the other best team. Does that mean it's illegal -- you know you have to prove a conspiracy. To monopolize and that isn't really really difficult standard. You gotta have somebody basically flip -- say yes I had this arrangement with this other school that we would. And monopolized her feel I think that's pretty difficult court of public opinion no question easy. Legal court. Not so easy and."

" Real quick final thought from their conspiracy here. Sure. I quit your favorite TV -- area we got stakes in this on the subway -- we have really very weak and it lets you tell the story below noted name -- put it on the table that okay well I'm biting tires tires. Taking you back there I'm not -- has spare and full disclosure -- brother that's flat at different and that and Betty thanks for at breaking it down for."