Controversy
Critics of the BCS automatic-qualifier designation claim the system discriminates against non-AQ teams by depriving these teams of the large BCS bowl game monetary payouts. These payouts are distributed equally among all BCS conference member teams, regardless of whether they appear in a BCS bowl and regardless of their performance on the playing field. In this light, some critics have claimed the BCS system operates in violation of antitrust law, since it reserves the most lucrative bowl contracts in the nation for a select group of teams based on seemingly arbitrary and discriminatory criteria. U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has been particularly outspoken against the current system and has even called for a federal investigation into the system's legality.
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