Derek wrote:
> funymuny wrote:
>
>> ...unless there is a conspiracy at the top (Barnhart/Todd) to build
>> pressure against BCG, and they are secretly lobbying for UK to be kept
>> out, as a bubble-team. Seems far-fetched to me.
>
> The problem with conspiracy theories is that they can never be
> disproved. When a theory is contradicted by the evidence, it is simply
> modified.
>
> For example, currently there's a theory that Todd and Barnhart want to
> get rid of BCG. Imagine if UK goes to the dance but loses in the Sweet
> Sixteen (or, if you want to really stretch the imagination, imagine us
> in the Final Four).
>
> After a season like that, Todd and Barnhart wouldn't fire BCG. But the
> conspiracy theorists will simply tag on an addendum about how they
> really want BCG to go, but can't because of the popular pressure.
>
There are many problems.....inability to prove, or disprove, is
certainly among them.
I wrote that I did not believe it to be the case. I was more just
throwing something into the mix, not expecting it to be dissected.