Boise State Broncos
Boise State Broncos Every season in college football the debate about the current BCS system vs. some kind of playoff gets more and more heated. This past year was no different. Even President Barack Obama himself thinks their should be a playoff system in place to decide a national champion.

Like everything else in this country, it is not necessarily about what's right or wrong, it's about the dollars it generates.

Last month, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce intervened citing revenue discrepancies as a reason for legislation that would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship unless it results from a playoff.

The bill was passed in subcommittee, however it still faces a long road to get through Congress.

This season's BCS financials were obtained by the Associated Press and it has been reported that
the five conferences that don't get automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series will be receiving a record $24 million from this year's BCS bowl games.

Apparently, the bulk of that money go to TCU's Mountain West Conference, $9.8 million, and Boise State's Western Athletic Conference, $7.8 million. These two schools matched up in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

The other three non-BCS conferences will divide the remainder.

These numbers still lag behind the six BCS conferences. The Big Ten and Southeastern conferences received $22.2 million each, with $17.7 million going to each of the other four BCS conferences.

They're not winning over any critics in Congress.

"What is the BCS theoretically about? I thought it was about the best teams playing the best teams," said Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican. "This simply acknowledges the reality that's it's not about that, but about revenue sharing. It's an economic cartel."