| | Conyers (MI14) - Press Release - Conyers Calls For Hearings On Antitrust Review Of Bowl Championship Series |
 | | I am writing to request that the Committee hold hearings concerning the application of the antitrust laws to major college athletics, including the impact of the College Football Bowl Championship Series arrangement, and recent actions by the Atlantic Coast Conference inducing the University of Miami and Virginia Tech to depart the Big East Conference. |
 | | Ever since the founding of the Bowl Championship series (BCS) in 1998, the vast majority of the proceeds and power has been concentrated among sixty-three schools in six major conferences (the ACC, Pacific-10, Big Ten, Southeastern, Big 12 and Big East). |
 | | For example, many attribute the fact that in three out of the last four years, 14 of the 16 teams to make the third round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament were from BCS schools results from the disparity created by the BCS. |
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