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A man answers a classified advertisement offering an "almost new" Porsche for the ridiculously low price of $50 and finds that the woman really is selling the car so cheaply, because her husband ran off with a younger woman and asked her to sell the car and send him the money.
[Train, 1996]
The Earl of Mowbray describes the adventure of a friend of his, a commander in the Royal Navy, who saw an ad in the
offering a Rolls-Royce in good condition for the price of £5. He instantly telephoned the offerer. A butler answered and put on her ladyship, the
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Her husband had died recently, she said, and in a late codicil to his will, of which she was the executor, he had directed that his new Rolls be sold and the proceeds turned over to a certain Daisy, with an address in the East End, a run-down neighborhood of London. She was following his instructions to the letter.
[Ann Landers, 1979]
Dear Ann Landers: I don't want to beat a dead horse, but I think this one is good enough to print. It tops the previous letters sent in by readers in support of your theory that truth is stranger than fiction.
They backed you up by sending newspaper clippings of happenings no one would believe if they had appeared in your column. The last one, a news item from the Wisconsin State Journal, was about a 5-year-old boy who had been charged with rape.
Here's a lulu from your own back yard - the Chicago Tribune.
A man in California saw an ad in the paper for an "almost new" Porsche, in excellent condition - price $50. He was certain the printers had made a typographical error, but even at $5,000 it would have been a bargain, so he hurried to the address to look at the car.
A nice-looking woman appeared at the front door. Yes, she had placed the ad. The price was indeed $50. "The car," she said, "is in the garage. Come and look at it."
The fellow was overwhelmed. It was a beautiful Porsche and, as the ad promised, "nearly new." He asked if he could drive the car around the block. The woman said, "Of course," and went with him. The Porsche drove like a dream. The young man peeled off $50 and handed it over, somewhat sheepishly. The woman gave him the necessary papers, and the car was his.
Finally, the new owner couldn't stand it any longer. He had to know why the woman would sell the Porsche at such a ridiculously low price. Her reply was simple: With a half-smile on her face, she said, "My husband ran off with his secretary a few days ago and left a note instructing me to sell the car and the house, and send him the money."
— Still Laughing in Wilmette
[Asimov, 1993]
Jones noted an advertisement in the newspaper offering a current-model Cadillac in prime condition for $50 cash. Certain it was a typographical error, he called the advertiser out of curiosity.
To his astonishment, he found that the advertisement was legitimate. The Cadillac was indeed brand-new and it was indeed in spit-and-polish condition. The title of ownership was clear and the price asked was indeed $50. The woman who was selling it calmly accepted the five ten-dollar bills he handed her, wrote him out a receipt, and handed him the keys.
With the deal successfully concluded, Jones was driven by curiosity to ask, "But why is it, madam, you have done this? This is a car worth many thousands of dollars. How can you accept fifty?"
"It's quite simple," said the woman, placing the bill of sale and the money in her purse. "My husband died shortly after buying this car, and in his will he directed that I sell it and that the proceeds go to his mistress."
The other woman is sometimes an unspecified "younger woman" rather than the husband's secretary. (Early versions of this story involved a husband who left instructions in his will for his wife to sell the car and give the proceeds to his mistress.)
The model and price of car have varied with time and locale.
The story was originally set in England, but now the incident is usually related as having taken place in California (presumably as representative of a place where men own sports cars and run off with younger women).
The version of this legend in which the wife is directed to sell the car by her husband's will has circulated in England since at least 1948 and is sometimes claimed to have originated with an actual event printed in English newspapers that year. The "husband ran off with his secretary" version of this legend was reported as true in Ann Landers' column of
4 November
1979, sent in by a reader who claimed to have seen it in the
Chicago Tribune.
though Ann admitted that no one at the Tribune could locate a copy of the article, she stated that "the incident did happen as reported and was a news story somewhere." Ann Landers ran the piece again (with the same claim of veracity) in her
24 August
1990 column, even though Brunvand had covered it (and her reporting of it) in
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
nine years earlier.
In any form it's a neat little revenge tale, even if a bit implausible. If you were going to run away from your spouse, wouldn't you take your car (especially an expensive one) with you? And if you found someone who was selling a like-new, expensive car for a ridiculously cheap price, would you really wait until after the transaction was completed before asking why?
In June 2005, either an act of
or yet another prank engineered by a man with a taste for them played out in the British press. According to
This is London
, the £25,000 car belonging to controversial disc jockey Tim Shaw of Kerrang 105.2 was sold by his wife, Hayley Shaw, for 50p on eBay after the DJ announced during a live interview with model
Jodie Marsh
that he was prepared to leave his wife and two children for her. Either a
wife found inspiration in a decades-old urban legend, or a shock-jock is up to more of the usual.
A gender-switched version of this legend shows up in Judith Van Gieson's 1993 novel
The Lies That Bind
. If you prefer it the more traditional "wife nails errant husband" form, you'll find that in the 1996 film
First Wives Club
, a 1998 TV commercial for Route 66 jeans, and in an episode of television's
from the
season ("Mel's Dream Car"). A version involving a record collection instead of a car appears in Nick Hornby's 1995 novel
High Fidelity
John McCutcheon's 1989 song "The Red Corvette" is a telling of this legend:
One morning while reading the paper
In search of a new set of wheels
The classifieds had a most curious ad
In their listing of automobiles.
I read in suspicious amusement
What seemed like a wild stroke of luck
"Corvette Stingray," it said, "low mileage, bright red,
"'83 model, 65 bucks."
I was used to my newspaper's typos,
Still I called up that number straightway.
"'Bout that '83 'Vette: have you sold that thing yet?"
She said, "No, you're my first call today."
I said, "There's been some mistake in the paper,
They've printed the price wrong somehow."
"Oh no," replied she, "they got that from me."
I said, "Don't sell that thing, I'm leaving now!"
Her address was in part of the city
Where I'd ventured just one time or two
Where the doctors, bank presidents, and lawyers are residents
And the houses are massive and new.
And as I turned up her half-mile driveway
There in the cool of the day
In the sunlight it gleamed: the car of my dreams
Just $65 away.
The interior was done in white leather
It had a 587 V-8
Gull-wing-span doors, Hurst four on the floor
And the 8-channel tape deck was great.
There was chrome on the chrome on the fenders,
An aerodynamic design
A bar, a TV, and it was boggling to me
That for 65 bucks it was mine
Now I expected that this woman was crazy
To sell off this car at that price.
But as we walked down the lane she seemed perfectly sane
She was charming and really quite nice.
And she smiled in such great satisfaction
As she handed me title and keys.
I said, "I've just got to know why you've let this thing go
"What's wrong with this car? Tell me please!"
Says she, "I'll be 60 come Tuesday.
And I've lived here with my husband, Earl.
Well, after 30 years wed and without a word said
He left me for a young teenage girl.
But with his credit cards left here behind him,
I knew that he couldn't get far.
Last night from Florida he sent a wire to me:
"Said, 'I need money, dear, sell the car!'"
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Too Good To Be True
New York: W. W. Norton, 1999. ISBN 0-393-04734-2 (pp. 77-79).
Brunvand, Jan Harold.
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
New York: W. W. Norton, 1981. ISBN 0-393-95169-3 (pp. 22-24).
Cerf, Bennett.
The Laugh's On Me.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959 (p. 303).
de Vos, Gail.
Tales, Rumors and Gossip
Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, 1996. ISBN 1-56308-190-3 (pp. 116-117).
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4 November 1979 [syndicated column].
Littlejohn, Georgina. "25,000 Revenge of DJ's Wife."
21 June 2005.
Smith, Paul.
The Book of Nasty Legends
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983. ISBN 0-00-636856-5 (p. 84).
Train, John.
Crazy Quilt
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0-06-095503-1 (pp. 24-25).
Reader's Digest Treasury Of Wit And Humor.
Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association Inc., 1958 (pp. 427-428).
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Asimov, Isaac.
Asimov Laughs Again
New York: Harper-Collins, 1992. ISBN 0-06-016826-9. (p. 95).
Dale, Rodney.
The Tumour in the Whale
London: Duckworth, 1978. ISBN 0-7156-1314-6 (p. 123).
Holt, David and Bill Mooney.
Spiders in the Hairdo
Little Rock: August House, 1999. ISBN 0-87483-525-9 (p. 99).
The Big Book of Urban Legends
New York: Paradox Press, 1994. ISBN 1-56389-165-4 (p. 28).


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How do you do most of your reading and annotating these days?
I prefer digital — Kindle on iPad is my weapon of choice. (Despite its many design and usability flaws, which are the subject of another conversation.) I'm an active marginalian and like being able to switch between my reading and Evernote, where I save quotes from and notes on the reading material in question. I also read a fair amount of longform on Instapaper, mostly at the gym during my morning workout. It's safe to say I only ever use the iPad for Instapaper, Evernote, and Kindle. In fact, reading is the sole reason I got one.
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I have a friend who "skims" books by turning on the popular highlights feature in Kindle and only reading those. It works for her, but to me that's the death of reading.
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Come and enjoy the City Different, second oldest city in the U.S. We offer a wide variety of amenities. Come enjoy a walk through the downtown, visit many of the galleries and enjoy the beautiful Sangre de Cristo mountains, home of Ski Santa Fe. Visit the famous Loretto Chapel, better known as the Miracle Spiral Staircase, and the Georgia OKeeffe Museum. Enjoy our warm hospitality and well-appointed guest rooms, let our staff help you plan your daytrip to Bandelier National Monument or Tent Rocks National Park or just come to sit and relax in our warm swimming pool and hot tub or enjoy our cozy kiva fireplace beautifully decorated with a traditional Kachina doll. Pet accommodation: 10.00/night, per pet. Non-Refundable. Pool and spa is closed until December 15th, 2012.
List of Amenities for Comfort Inn Santa Fe
· Air conditioning · Bus parking · Business center · Cable television · Complimentary full american breakfast · Elevators · Exercise gym · Free movies/video · Ice machine · Ice machine · Indoor pool · Ironing board · Onsite laundry · Outdoor parking · Pay per view movies on TV · Pets allowed · Telephone · Wireless internet connection |
Restaurant Information
Gardunos of Sante Fe Blue Corn Cafe and Brewery Outback Steakhouse Tortilla Flats Chelsea Street Pub San Francisco Street BarRecreation Information
Indoor pool
Area Attractions
Santa Fe Municipal ArptAlbuquerque Int'l Sunsport
Historic Plaza
Loretto Chapel
Oldest Church in USA
Oldest House in USA
Outlet Malls
Villa Linda Mall
Balloon Fiesta
Downs at Santa Fe, The
Santa Fe Ski Basin
Santa Fe Opera
Room Information for this hotel
Handicap room, Microwave, Non-smoking, RefrigeratorMiscellaneous Information provided by Comfort Inn Santa Fe
· American Dollars is the native currency.
· Check in time is 3:00 PM
· Check out time is 11:00 AM
· Renovated in 01/01/1997
· 83 rooms.
· 0 suites.
· 3 floors.
This Hotel's Cancellation Policy
Reservations not cancelled by deadline will be charged 1 night's stay, or full amount of stay for reservations requiring prepayment.


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A few months ago I talked about teaching my first class in product photography for indie designers at Webs. A few people commented I should teach the class online. I had to bite my tongue because what I couldn't respond with was, "I know! Wouldn't that be great? Wait a few months and I'm going to do a class with Craftsy.com!"
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I always love when Thea pings to set up a photoshoot. She comes stocked with ideas for styling, props and location. Invariably we leave the prop bag in the car, but I love the energy she brings to a shoot. She's so much fun to shoot with, and I think that comes through in the photos. I never have to ask her to laugh or smile, she's always just ready.
We had a specific beachy theme in mind for this shoot, but the weather wasn't cooperating in the slightest. We'd planned …
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It seems fitting to me that on a weekend I'm spending with my girls that I should highlight a photoshoot from the last time we got together. When we were in Michigan in May, Flint Knits Pam had just finished a pattern for a super cute beret she'd made for JulieFrick. I love so much when my friends can be models because they're so relaxed and it all looks so natural. Love that.
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(Frick is gorgeous, so that makes it easy too.)
Sur bicyclette! (because nothing …
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I love to plan shoots with Thea Colman, because when I get to her house she's completely up for anything. So when I say, "there's this great cemetery down the street I'd like to shoot" she doesn't balk. She just says, SURE! And off we go.
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We piled in the car with Stitchy (expert stylist, sweater smoother and smile getter) and headed over midday last Saturday. I usually prefer to shoot early mornings or late afternoon, but we had …
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I'm so excited to share another fun thing that's happening! I'm going to teach a class at Webs! While recording the Ready, Set, Knit podcast back in October, Kathy encouraged me to put together a photography class to share some of my knowledge. And when a queenpin like Kathy tells you to do something, you do it!
The class is called "Styling and Photography for Indie Designers" and will be at WEBS on March 17th at 1pm. Officially, it's described this way,
"Learn how to prepare …
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I've been hemming and hawing (and ultimately getting paralyzed) about how to share the photos I've taken for all the knitting pattern designers I've been working with. I don't know why it hasn't occurred to me that I can just make it a weekly feature. I blog really well in my head, I just haven't had any time to sit and actually blog some of this stuff. I really need to get a huge backlog of work posted, so I'm starting this week. I present to …
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When the blog goes quiet, it usually means I'm busy, right? This time it was BUSY-busy and boy howdy, I have not had any downtime. (I even worked while at Rhinebeck!) After TNNA, Sock Summit, a trip to Milwaukee, then Vancouver, then Toronto, then Salt Lake City and somewhere in there starting a new job too, the summer and most of fall has zoomed away.
The most exciting thing has been the travel for what has officially become Splityarn Photography. Every weekend this fall I've been shooting and editing. I am …
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It's not like I do a tonne to prepare for the holidays around here. There's the usual tree, some decorations and whatnot, but that's about it. Well, that and humiliating the cats a little bit. All the same, it's been pretty hectic round these parts so I'm going to take a little time off until the end of December. In the meantime, pour yourself a drink and enjoy a couple wintry holiday-ish (or not) photos.
Oh! And! Today is the last day to order stuff from the shop until after …
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I'm headed up to Freeport, Maine to go to SPA this weekend and just like the last two years, the weather is calling for snow. I'm good with one last big snowstorm and then I'll officially be over winter. Bring on longer days! More light! Green things!
Until then, how about a healthy dose of spring flowers from the archives.


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Category: Contraception
Elise Viebeck writes for The Hill: "The ObamaCare birth control mandate appears headed to the Supreme Court after two separate cases on the contraception policy were referred Thursday to the justices."
Read More...Robin Marty writes for RH Reality Check: "How many children are enough? One New Zealand doctor believes that's not a decision for a family to decide on its own. He has his own feelings about how big a family should be—and if you don't have at least four kids, he's going to withhold a prescription for contraception."
Read More...David Jackson writes for USA Today: "Three years on, President Obama's health care law still generates intense debate -- especially over contraceptive policy."
NOW's 2011 action alert on the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act is discussed.
Read More...NOW's 2011 action alert on the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Healthcare Act is discussed in this piece by Sarah Kliff of The Washington Post: "One provision, however, has engendered more controversy than any other: The requirement that contraceptives be covered without co-payment has drawn more than 147,000 public comments, according to an analysis from the Sunlight Foundation. These are the letters that companies, non-profits and private citizens send to the federal government, hoping to sway the regulatory process. That is more than any other regulatory proposal on any subject, health care or otherwise, the non-profit finds."
Read More...Irina Carmon writes for Salon: "The analogies started rolling out minutes after Ohio publications went live with the news that Senator Rob Portman now supports marriage equality because of his gay son. 'Rob Portman comes out as vegetarian after watching Babe on DVD,' joked one Tweeter. On a more serious note, Steve Benen commented that he'd be happy to introduce Portman to Americans in poverty and to the African-Americans whose votes Republicans are seeking to suppress. He concluded, 'It seems the key to American social progress in the 21st century is simple: more conservatives having more life experiences.'"
Read More...Irin Carmon at Salon writes: "For the first time ever, the nation's signature law to combat sex and labor trafficking has fallen victim to the politics of abortion and contraception for trafficking survivors — and an ongoing conflict between Catholic bishops and the Obama administration."
Read More...Katie McDonough at Salon writes: "While the White House and the Catholic Church continue to slug it out over whether private, for-profit companies like Hobby Lobby should have to provide their employees with federally mandated birth control, two Democratic lawmakers are hoping to ease one roadblock to women's access to contraception: Pharmacists."
Read More...Terry O'Neill, president of NOW, writes in U.S. News & World Report: "Forty years ago this month, the Supreme Court affirmed a woman's right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in the United States, forever changing and literally saving the lives of countless women. The impact of Roe has been both inspiring and frustratingly insufficient."
Read More...Terry O'Neill, president of NOW, was interviewed by Dennis J. Bernstein for Pacifica radio network's "Flashpoints" segment. The following is a transcript of that interview: "The 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling granting women the right to abort unwanted or dangerous pregnancies, will be observed by opponents and proponents alike. Among its backers will be NOW president Terry O'Neill, who was interviewed by Dennis J. Bernstein."
Read More...Irin Carmon writes for Salon.com: "The dogged wish of many on the right to make the tragic Sandy Hook shooting about anything but guns means that it has to be about other things — ideally, things they already do not like. Things like feminism, abortion . . ."
Read More...Lilli O'Donnell writes on PolicyMic: "The U.N. has taken a bold and progressive step by declaring access to contraception a human right, proposing that everyone in the world should be able to determine when and if to have children and saying only when that's the case can a society grow and flourish."
Read More...Joan Walsh writes for Salon: "The 'legitimate rape' debate put our focus back on the right of all women to make a tough decision for themselves."
Read More...Michael D. Ahear writes for The New York Times: "President Obama charged that Mitt Romney's policies are economically threatening to women, as the candidates in their second presidential debate on Tuesday night clashed repeatedly over who would best serve the interests of the country's largest and most critical constituency."
Read More...Akiba Solomon reports for Colorlines: "It's hard to imagine a time when the Christian evangelical anti-abortion movement held such sway over the Republican party's publicly stated agenda. Title X, a federal program that's the leading source of family planning funds for low-income women, was established in 1970 under Richard Nixon and enjoyed wide bipartisan support despite chronic underfunding. Since 2010, however, attacks on Title X have been relentless and overt."
Read More...Sarah Kliff writes for Ezra Klein's Wonkblog on The Washington Post website: "About half of all unintended pregnancies are the result of contraceptive failure, where a condom breaks or birth control pills aren't taken at the right time. The least expensive methods of contraceptive tend to be the least effective."
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In my hometown, the natives of the land and the Malays would usually engage in trading and sell goods that are considered homegrown in their respective places. This is made possible because it would only take a ferry-ride to reach their destination. Hence, the bartering of goods usually happens on the shore; and, most of the time these goods would include textiles. They were not just ordinary textiles, though. They were first class cloths interwoven by the very hands of man. And I really love the texture of the cloths so every time I needed to have a dress sewn for an occasion I bought textiles from the barter.
Now, before we delve into another topic, let us focus on something nearly related to sewing. As we move along, you will realize that my interests do not only involve textiles. Because we are a family of artists – and that's something that I would like to believe in – we like anything that connected to arts. As for me, I have always wanted to try knitting or crocheting. Surprisingly, I was never good at it even though two of my grandmothers do excel in such craft. So I decided to learn on my own instead of wasting a couple of bucks for training. Fortunately, the internet is now readily available. With just a click of the mouse, I could already find what I've been looking for.
During the course of my research, I was really astounded by the number of people who are into knitting. Some of them have even made a living out of it because their products were really beautiful. And I felt a pang of jealousy because I couldn't make one for myself albeit I was already starting to learn the skill. Thus I continued on and learned a couple of crochet terms that were very helpful. A few of the things I had to deal with were the details about the needles and the yarn.
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As you may remember (or not) we're taking a look at the idea of "National Championship". So far, we've covered the following areas:
Now we move to the question: We've burned the couch- now what? Is there even a value for a "champion"?
Before we jump into a philosophical discussion of "champion", I wanted to give a real quick update to the last post, which posited that bowls and such were mostly about money for colleges. Along this lines comes a 2008 article from Inside Higher Education, which discusses the magnitude of the financial issues impacting athletic departments nationwide. Quick summary- Athletic departments spend more than they bring in. Given that, you can see how ideas of changing one of the largest cash cows for many institutions (the current bowl system) is simply not going to happen.
In addition, recent survey by the "Open Secrets" organization indicates that the BCS itself has already spent $670,000 on lobbying efforts. In fact, Purdue spent $515,000 and Mich1gAAn spent $415,00 lobbying for the BCS (not sure why Mich1gAAn did this; it's not like they were bowl elligible. It's good to see that state dollars are being spent wisely). Yeah, this is the usual combination of politics and money. Or, in the case of Fiesta Bowl staff, both.
Finally, the Wiz of Odds highlights again how goin' bowlin' may actually be detrimental to an athletic department's financial bottom line. Again, they highlight the cost to the universities involved (including a reminder that these institutions are tax funded), and that the big payouts are for the bowl committees and their representatives. It will be interesting to see the numbers after this season; I expect the economy will significantly cut down the number of people going to games to see their teams play. As evidence- When was the last time Ohio State had a public sale for BCS bowl tickets?
So- on to the idea of "champion", which seems to be timely, given that we're celebrating the eleventh year BCS-iversary. As an aside, it's certainly interesting that the verbiage from ESPN regarding the need for a playoff has changed ever since they paid a bucketload of money to purchase the rights through 2014.
Let me first go on the record as saying that I am not one of these "let's give everyone a medal" persons, or a "if we don't keep score, then no one will be a loser" folks. I believe in winners and losers, holding firmly to two quotes from St. Woody- "Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization." and "There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." Yup, if it's worth playing, it's worth keeping score.
So, the issue isn't about 'winning', but about 'champion'- What does that mean? Granted, it's supposed to mean that you are the best in whatever for whatever time; best in football for this year, in this case. But what does it "mean"?
We've already discussed that this success impacts an institution financially at a great rate, with the trips and the banquets and the rings and whatnot. We could talk about how this is a wash- that these funds are recouped by the increased giving of newly proud alumni and such, but this is just not true (and in the case of basketball, the opposite may be true):
…researchers found that the success of the university's football and men's basketball teams had small and statistically insignificant effects on giving by non-athletes, and no effect — and in the case of men's basketball, even a negative effect — on giving by alums who were not athletes in college. "[W]hen alumni see success among these teams, they may believe that the school is spending too much on the athletic program, and therefore reduce their giving," the researchers speculate, echoing conjectures made by previous teams of researchers.
We could also talk about the "pride" that this brings student athletes, but this pride is fleeting- athletes are often more interested in moving to the next stage (NFL); or, failing that, attempting to recoup some money by selling their rings or other memorabilia on eBay.
Championships may bring "pride" or "bragging rights" to the legions of alumni or fans, but the reality is that even this is fleeting. It takes about twenty minutes before the talking heads at ESPN to put together their list of "top teams" for next year. Plus, it's not like we get a tax break or discounts on doughnuts if we happen to cheer for the champs- All I have from 2002 are great memories, a couple of souvenirs, and a rarely worn shirt. Most people don't even get to experience that most sacred of celebrations… not everyone can live in West Virginia.
To look at it another way- how do we even know what a "Champion" is? Let's go back to the NCAA tournament; was the 19-10 1985 Villanova team the top in the nation, or did they just match up well against opponents in a "win or go home" tourney? Was 26-7 Louisville the best team in the country in 1986, or did they just get "hot" at the right time? What about football, (pro that is)- Were the Giants the best team in 2007, or did New England just fall apart at the end?
See, again the problem comes with definitions of "Champion"- is it the best team throughout the year, before playoff/bowls? Is it the "playoff" winner? Both (many conferences have a regular season and tournament champ in basketball)?
If it's the "playoff" champ, is a one game playoff the way to make the decision? Brian Kelly said (before bolting to bigger cash at Notre Ame) that his team could beat any other team in one game, but playing week in and week out in a tough conference was a different thing all together.
Personally, I think the only sports that get it "right" are baseball and basketball, where series are played to determine "champions". Of course, there's always the matter of home field, but still- at least it's not decided by one team having an amazing night or a horrible performance.
For those who hold that a playoff is the answer, how are bids determined? Currently, we actually have a playoff that includes two teams- expanding it would be done how? Do you give every conference an automatic bid- taking the Sun Belt champ over an SEC team with one loss or the MAC title winner over a two loss Big T1e1n squad? If so, don't you effectively disregard the regular season and make games against national powers irrelevant?
It's important to think this through- the sacred NCAA basketball tourney that clogs office copy machines every March has gone from 32 to 65 teams in my lifetime, and is discussing bumping up to 96 teams. Of course this is about "fairness" and "champions" rather than finances, right?
I've even seen some suggestions for a football playoff that starts week one of the season and has the winners continue to play until only one is left standing- you're telling me that a team that loses early will never amount to anything? Certainly makes me more excited for the Rose Bowl.
But you see the issue here- not only do we need to determine "How" we find a champion, we need to define what it actually means. In basketball, there's some semblance of agreement- you win the tournament, you win the title of "champion". In college football, though, our problem is that we didn't like the way we used to determine this delineation (polls: sportswriters/coaches) so we changed it (Bowl Coalition/Bowl Alliance/BCS). And now we don't like that.
And let's be honest- the frustration with the current situation is not about who is and isn't the "champion", it's about the process by which that team is named. It's complicated, in my opinion, by the fact that we've tried to create something that just doesn't work in some people's minds. And, because we've tried, there's an expectation that the issue will be corrected/fixed, when the reality is that there really isn't a way to do this and it may not even matter.
Specifically, there was argument and debate and frustration back in the days of "shared champions"; even to the point that Sports Illustrated tried to find a solution.
So, the bowl amalgamations were created, and it made things even worse… "We need a playoff!" (we have one; a two team playoff) "Include the smaller schools!!" (did that, but it's still not enough). See- the debates now are the same as they were pre-BCS, in tenor and frequency. It's almost like our attempts have screwed things up even more.
And I'm not the only one who feels this way. First, on another Buckeye blog, "Around the Oval" there was this posting before they changed leadership: Why I don't want a playoff in college:
(H)ow often can you say you're sure the team that wins the NCAA tournament in men's basketball was the best in the country that year? If they get hot at the right time and catch a few lucky breaks, a pretty mediocre team can make a run through the playoffs and win it all, while a team that crushed the competition throughout the year can fall victim to a bad call and be out in the first round. True, those are the extreme cases, but c'mon, we're all college football fans here: I have argued extensively, with a complete disregard for logic, that Archie Griffin is the best athlete ever, simply because he won two Heismans. You think the Buckeyes losing a close game in the semi-finals is going to stop me from arguing that they're the best team in the country? A playoff won't settle these arguments. It'll give the fans of the winners some pretty good evidence, but then the little crystal balls the BCS hands out are also pretty good evidence.
And who says crowning a national champion is something worth trying to do anyway? Can we really take one team from 119 and say, "Okay, we are absolutely certain this is the best team in the country"? It seems like an exercise in futility, designed to drive us all crazy. So why even try? Let's go back to the old system. Every year, the Big Ten champ plays the Pac-10 champ in the Rose Bowl, the 2nd place Big Ten team plays in the Citrus Capital One Bowl, and so on. It won't give us the best team in the country, but I have a sneaking suspicion that there's no way we can conclusively determine that. So instead, we get the tradition back, and a system that at least makes college football less of a blatant cash-grab.
You would expect tOSU fans to feel this way; we've benefited pretty well from the current system. But I was surprised to read a UGa blogger (one of the best overall, by the way) say some similar things- as you remember, Georgia and U$C fans were among those who have had rightful issues with the BCS process (along with Boise State, Utah, Auburn, etc…). But Doug writes:
An old-school, unstructured Wild-West bowl system might not be preferable to a playoff, but in practical terms it's certainly no worse than letting math geeks have this much say in who gets to play for the title. Basically, after ten years of the BCS, I think I've come to the conclusion that a split title, while certainly not the ideal situation, wouldn't exactly be the end of the world; it's when we have to slog through the aggravation of an arcane jumble of decimal points, and still arrive at a split title anyway, that I really start to feel like the sanctity of my favorite sport is being arbitrarily and pointlessly messed with.
Over on MotSaG, another huge issue (other than money) is highlighted: The major problem with the BCS, Bowls, and (ultimately) any playoff is the rankings and the polls-
The primary issue with the BCS is not that it's unable to match up nos. 1 and 2 – it does that just fine. The problem is that it contains no institution to ensure that the teams ranked number 1 and 2 are in fact the two best teams in the country, as the BCS rankings themselves are compiled using a flawed poll system.
He goes on to argue, in part, what I've believed for years- there should be no pre-season polls. First poll should be at least a month into the season; how many times have there been teams who, while ranked highly, folded against the first real team they played? Or other teams who started out ranked really low but ended up holding the hardware? Although, to be honest, this would be a hard sell- there is a huge industry (money again) regarding pre-season predictions; hell, the 2009 season isn't even over and we're already talking about 2010 (whoo hoo!!).
Nope, the real beauty of football lies in three areas- On the field (including preparation, recruiting, practice, coaching, etc), in the stands (and on the couch in front of the tube), and everywhere else.
In this last arena, I would almost argue that a "champion" takes away from some of the joy for true fans… We can't discuss/argue/debate/describe/fight about "greatest" with others whose loyalties we may question but whose dedication to the game is as fanatical as ours.
Actually, the truth of the matter is that we will have these arguments/conversations, even if if our team is not "standing atop the mountain" at the end of the year. Just check the comments here if you don't know what I'm talking about.
But that is part of the joy of the fandom. And it's time we learned to accept and appreciate it.
So, let's bring this bad boy in for a landing:
I've also thought some about what I'd do to fix this mess, and may post my recommendations after we make the big move.
After three rambling posts, I'm really interested your thoughts- this is an audience participation show, after all. Please also let me know if you'd be interested in diving into the "what might a playoff look like, if we could create it from scratch" debate in the new year as well.
Until then- let the games (and the "fanaticism") begin.
Update: As I was having a friend review this for me, he directed me to a blog that spent way more time developing their thoughts on this matter. I highly recommend this series: National Championship Issue: The Playoff Debate.
Seems ironic to believe polls and sports media are blessed with the insight of projecting next year's winners. Face to face is the only measure of winning. Better teams have to face off to say whose best. Advance scheduling has to be determitive. In a 13 game schedule, five must be ranked (top 50)teams from the previous year or they don't count. It will require scheduling two fewer cupcakes. Conference wins will not mean much unless matched with good non confernce wins. That gets you to BCS post season. Every year conferences must be rated on their non confernce scheduling. The stronger the scheduling and subsequent wins gets you a tiered BCS post season method of deciding best leagues and best teams.


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