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39 Tulsa L. Rev. 167 (2003-2004)
Pigskin Paydirt: The Thriving of College Football's Bowl Championship Series in the Face of Antitrust Law

handle is hein.journals/tlj39 and id is 177 raw text is: COMMENTS PIGSKIN PAYDIRT: THE THRIVING OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES IN THE FACE OF ANTITRUST LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE PREGAME: AN INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 168 II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ....................... 169 A. Forward Pass: The Bowl Games' Evolution into the BCS ........................... 169 B. Paydirt: The Current BCS Structure .............................................................. 174 C. Blitz: The Relationship between the BCS and the NCAA .......................... 177 III. ANTITRUST IN A MATEUR SPORTS .................................................................. 179 A. The Hall of Fame: Major Legal Developments ............................................ 179 B. Hand-off: Is the BCS Governed by Antitrust Laws? ................................... 181 IV. APPLYING ANTITRUST LAW TO THE BCS ...................................................... 182 A. The Playbook: The History and Purposes of the Sherman Act .................. 182 B. Calling the Play: Determining the Proper Level of Review ........................ 183 C. Interference: The BCS as a Group Boycott ................................................... 186 D. Sacked: The Effects of the BCS under a Rule of Reason Analysis ............ 187 V. LESS RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ................. 199 A. The Option: Less Restrictive Alternatives .................................................... 199 B. Hail Mary: The Unlikely Possibility of Litigation ......................................... 201 C. The Reverse: Non-Legal Solutions ................................................................. 204 VI. FINAL SCORE: THE BCS VIOLATES ANTITRUST LAW ................................. 205

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