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WASHINGTON (AP) - A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier targets to tackle.
The bill, which faces steep odds, would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship unless it results from a playoff. The measure passed by voice vote in a House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee, with one audible "no," from Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga.
"With all due respect, I really think we have more important things to spend our time on," Barrow said before the vote, although he stressed he didn't like the current Bowl Championship Series, either.
The BCS selections announced last weekend pit two unbeaten teams, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas, in the Jan. 7 national title game. Three other undefeated teams - TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State - will play in a BCS bowl game, but not for the championship.
"What can we say - it's December and the BCS is in chaos again," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He said the BCS system is unfair and won't change unless prompted by Congress.
The legislation, which goes to the full committee, would make it illegal to promote a national championship game "or make a similar representation," unless it results from a playoff.
There is no Senate version, although Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has pressed for a Justice Department antitrust investigation into the BCS.
Shortly after his election last year, Barack Obama said there should be a playoff system.
In a statement before the vote, BCS executive director Bill Han**** said, "With all the serious matters facing our country, surely Congress has more important issues than spending taxpayer money to dictate how college football is played."
The subcommittee chairman, Rep. Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, said, "We can walk and chew gum at the same time."
Yet Barrow wasn't alone in criticizing his colleagues' priorities; Reps. Zach Space, D-Ohio, and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., made similar arguments. Space said that with people facing tough times, the decision to focus on college football sends the "wrong message."
The bill has a tough road ahead, given the wide geographic representation and political clout of schools in the six conferences - the ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-10 and SEC - that get automatic BCS bowl bids
The current college bowl system features a championship game between the two top teams in the BCS standings, based on two polls and six computer rankings. Eight other schools play in the Orange, Sugar, Fiesta and Rose bowls. Under the BCS, the champions of those six big conference get automatic bids, while other conferences don't. Those six conferences also receive far more money than the other conferences.
C'mon. I thought you were for smaller government? Which is it? Are you for limited government or are you okay with government getting involved if it's for a cause you support? If it's okay for the feds to get involved in football, I guess it's okay for them to get involved in health care, huh?
Congress has that uncanny Midas touch: Anything they touch turns to crap. Surely to God with a 10% unemployment rate, an out of this world deficit, a credit rating that is in jeopardy, the dollar's value in free-fall, and a shaky banking system, Congress can find something better to waste its time on.
Why any self-professed conservative would cheer on Congress's involvement with college football is beyond me.
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C'mon. I thought you were for smaller government? Which is it? Are you for limited government or are you okay with government getting involved if it's for a cause you support? If it's okay for the feds to get involved in football, I guess it's okay for them to get involved in health care, huh?
Congress has that uncanny Midas touch: Anything they touch turns to crap. Surely to God with a 10% unemployment rate, an out of this world deficit, a credit rating that is in jeopardy, the dollar's value in free-fall, and a shaky banking system, Congress can find something better to waste its time on.
Why any self-professed conservative would cheer on Congress's involvement with college football is beyond me.
I would rather them concentrate on College Sports than screwing up health care and the economy for everyone! Besides, they couldn't screw it up more than it is already..
C'mon. I thought you were for smaller government? Which is it? Are you for limited government or are you okay with government getting involved if it's for a cause you support?
Uh oh, Gris, don't look now but one of the supporters of having government spend time and money on this type of bread and circus is the same guy who bragged about not EVER wanting or needing government intervention...not even to educate Americans.
But see, what sweaty guys are doing on a piece of dirt is important stuff. Football is, is...well, its religion!
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Uh oh, Gris, don't look now but one of the supporters of having government spend time and money on this type of bread and circus is the same guy who bragged about not EVER wanting or needing government intervention...not even to educate Americans.
But see, what sweaty guys are doing on a piece of dirt is important stuff. Football is, is...well, its religion!
Aren't you glad we have our priorities straight?
Good gawd, you can’t get over yourself. I won’t even address the issue of the post, just your crybaby attitude. Here is a good line you can use next, "Waaaaa, waaaa, I wet myself. Waaaaa, waaaaaaaaaaaaa. YOu big doo doo head, I will never forget you are a doo doo head. You big stupid."
Here is something else I do not support; Mainstreaming retards. You just lost your place at real school, time to get back on the short bus. Sorry V.C. we cannot accommodate you any longer.
If you cannot handle sarcasm and jest, you might want to stay away from social forums.
By the way V.C., go back and read the thread you are refering too. you are so clueless it is amazing. But what do we expect from a long standing troll.
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OK nancy boys you want me to wade in here and slap the bunch of you around? You goobers need to suspend your internet accounts if you can't play nice...I'm gonna run for moderator and I will line this place out,so it might behoove folks to line up and kiss my ilustrious backside and get on my good side.First person to send xoxoxo will be my #2 man when I take over.....the line forms NOW!
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OK nancy boys you want me to wade in here and slap the bunch of you around? You goobers need to suspend your internet accounts if you can't play nice...I'm gonna run for moderator and I will line this place out,so it might behoove folks to line up and kiss my ilustrious backside and get on my good side.First person to send xoxoxo will be my #2 man when I take over.....the line forms NOW!
You stay out of it you little Troll!!! I'll pack your buck head and mail it to you, it should smell good by them time you open it... Or I'll tell everyone how you shot it out from under me . And left the gate open.
You stay out of it you little Troll!!! I'll pack your buck head and mail it to you, it should smell good by them time you open it... Or I'll tell everyone how you shot it out from under me . And left the gate open.
Wasn't directly under you and Kent said to leave gate open! You didn't reply correctly to get #2 nomination under my reign!! V.C. will beat you to it if you don't hurry.
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It's about time..
