WASHINGTON (AP) — Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has
criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are
getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl
Champion Series.
The current system "leaves nearly half of all the teams in
college football at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to qualifying for
the millions of dollars paid out every year," the Senate Judiciary's
subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights said in a
statement Wednesday announcing the hearings.
Under the BCS, some conferences
get automatic bids to participate in series, while others do not.
Obama and
some members of Congress favor a playoff-type system to determine the national
champion. The BCS features a championship game between the two top teams in the
BCS standings, based on two polls and six computer ratings.
Can you believe that anyone in Congress would waste time with this issue? I hate the BCS as much as anyone out there, but c'mon. Is there any area of life that government doesn't want to control anymore?
On the other hand, if we could know that Congress would take all its time "fixing" sports, and leave the economy alone, maybe it would be worth it???
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