Capitol Hill tackles the BCS
Capitol Hill tackles the BCS
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/05/capitol-hill-tackles-the-bcs/
Proving that no matter is safe from governmental involvement, college football is the latest political football on Capitol Hill.
Three bills have been introduced in the House to blitz the NCAA’s Bowl Championship Series, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, threatens to throw his own penalty flags in Senate hearings later this year. While we sympathize with the senator’s ire that undefeated second- (AP), fourth- (USAT), or sixth- (BCS) ranked University of Utah was denied a championship berth, the legislature hardly has a winning record of solving such complex policy issues.
Congress, however, is seeking comprehensive football reform. The House bills would impose a playoff system, restrict federal funds to colleges and universities with football teams participating in the heinous “bowls,” and ban any mention of the BCS being a “national championship” as false and deceptive advertising. This latter bill might raise uncomfortable questions in international circles about Major League Baseball’s chutzpah in calling its championship the “World” Series, but we digress.