[Editor's note: This document merges two E-Mailes, one to SEC Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom and another to the Office of the University of Kentucky President Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. who represents the SEC on the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee] 

Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom,

Congratulations on another excellent year at the top of the college football world! With the maximally allowed two BCS Bowl wins, one for the championship, the SEC continues to prove their worth on the field. I have recently examined the BCS revenue sharing plan and found that the SEC is the conference most negatively impacted by the BCS, making $0.4 million per team less than the Big East in 2010.

I am writing to you today to present my postseason ideas. I have already presented the attached plan to Bill Hancock but believe that its scope and vision are beyond the jurisdiction of the BCS alone.

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To the Office of President Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr.,

I have recently adopted a cat from the wild of a solid blue color, which I assume is an avid Kentucky fan. The University of Kentucky is known more for their academics and basketball than football, which is the topic of this contact.

I am writing to you today, as a member of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee, to present my postseason ideas. I have already presented the attached plan to Bill Hancock but believe that its scope and vision are beyond the jurisdiction of the BCS alone.

The attached plan includes formal NCAA rule changes that would have allowed the following SEC teams to have participated in two bowls:

Florida in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2001, 2000 and 1999, LSU in 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2001; Tennessee in 2009, 2008, 2005, 2002 and 2000; Alabama in 2009, 2008, 2005 and 1999; Georgia in 2007, 2005, 2003 and 2002; Auburn in 2006, 2004 and 2000; Arkansas in 2006 and 98; and Mississippi State in 2003 an 1999

Alabama would have qualified for two bowls but was ineligible in 2002.

An alternate version of these rule changes would allow the NCAA to establish guidelines to clarify their constraints on any proposed tournament and bring the certification of any future tournament under the supervision of the NCAA Championship/Sports Management Cabinet.

In addition to the teams the SEC qualified for the BCS National Championship Game, Georgia in 2007 and Auburn in 2004 would have been included in the championship tournament that is offered.

That is 36 more high profile bowl games and 2 more championship opportunities over the past 12 years relative to what the BCS generated for the SEC.

These rule changes would need a conference, such as the SEC, to sponsor them to be considered. Your conference's plus-one proposal in 2008 suggest that you are open to improvements, like my tier based plus-one design.

With Department of Justice interest in the BCS, hiring a Director of Research and Development to study the constraints on the postseason and implement design improvements for 2014 is a prudent course of action. This is the heart of my plan.

This plan is publicly available at http://www.bcsevolution.com/pages/prathers-postseason-plan. I would greatly appreciate any insights you have regarding the college football postseason my research has overlooked. This E-mail will also be posted publicly at BCS Evolution, and I would be delighted to offer you an opportunity to respond to these efforts.

I can be reached at benjamin.prather@gmail.com.

Thank you for your time,

Ben Prather