BCS Changes Could Take 5 Years

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MWC commissioner: BCS changes could take 5 years - Associated Press - College Football - Sporting News

Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson says it will take 5 years to change the BCS. The 5 years apparently comes from the MWC signing an agreement with ESPN covering the 2011 -2014 seasons. The MWC had balked at signing the agreement and was the last conference to sign on.

At issue are the number of automatic bids awarded to conferences for postseason play in top-tier bowls, and the money those appearances bring.
Six conferences — the ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10 and SEC — get automatic BCS bids, plus about $18 million each.
The Mountain West, which doesn't get an automatic bid, calls the system unfair. It has proposed an eight-team playoff featuring first-round play in the four top current BCS bowls — Sugar, Orange, Rose, Fiesta. Winners would advance to a championship.
The Mountain West, which doesn't get an automatic bid, calls the system unfair. It has proposed an eight-team playoff featuring first-round play in the four top current BCS bowls — Sugar, Orange, Rose, Fiesta. Winners would advance to a championship.

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Thompson ... said he was proud of the rising level of play by the nine conference schools — TCU, BYU, Utah, Air Force, UNLV, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State and Wyoming.

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"If you perform and you win games and you're playing quality opponents and you're beating the Oklahomas, the Alabamas, the UCLAs, the Michigans, and all the people we've beaten," he said, "that should be our statement."