OK, first let me say that I am an un-abashed Mark Cuban fan. Yes, he acts like as asshole. Yes, he says stuff publicly that should only be said behind closed doors. And yes, he's is a gigantic thorn in NBA commissioner David Stern's butt (that's actually a good thing, I think). But the guy is a passionate innovator, a brilliant marketer, and 100% all-about getting things done, and done right. His employees love him, and he's great for the NBA.
I wish he owned a baseball team, I really do. I can only imagine what might come out of that... he's the kind of catalyst the game needs; kind of an anti-Bud Selig. I hope that hits the radar screen for him again, soon.
But his current project, according to this article on Yahoo's Dr Saturday blog, is "fixing" the BCS. And I love it - if he can't buy a baseball team, than focusing on this mess would be my preferred second choice.
His idea, in a quote from the article:
"Put $500 million in the bank and go to all the schools and pay them money as an option... Say, 'Look, I'm going to give you X amount every five years. In exchange, you say if you're picked for the playoff system, you'll go.' [The BCS is] an inefficient business where there's obviously a better way of doing it. The only thing that's kept them from doing it is a lack of capital, which I can deal with."
I've never really understood what the hold-up is, really - it's seems obvious on the surface that a playoff system at the top of the bowl chain would yield a tremendous amount of interest, and accordingly, revenue. You wouldn't have to do away with the other bowls (or more to the point, the revenue that schools get from the other bowls) - they'll still be part of the equation. I don't know that it's really as simple as he makes it out to be, but what the heck do I know, anyway?
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