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Bowl Championship Series: The Most Controversial College Football System

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Quest for number one in college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is the most controversial college football system when trying to choose the best teams to play for national championship, because there are always questions about how teams are picked. In 1972 a bowl coalition was formed and attempted to implement some sort of structure to help the top ranked teams in the BCS and Non-BCS play each other, which was unsuccessful. Membership to the BCS can be very profitable; the BCS bowl games can bring in millions in revenue per year, whereas non-BCS bowl games receive about 180,000 per year. Which means the rich keep getting rich and the poor, struggle. Additional each BCS conference champion is guaranteed a bowl game regardless of record,

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