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Colege football playoff legislation? Really?


jporter12

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These nutjobs in congress neve cease to amaze me:

http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/sports/college/college_football/article/house_panel_passes_college_football_playoff_bill/28060

WASHINGTON—A House subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion.

The bill would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I football game as a national championship unless that title contest is the result of a playoff.

The measure passed by a voice vote Wednesday by a House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee.

The sponsor, GOP Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, said the current Bowl Championship Series is unfair and won’t change unless prompted by Congress.

But some lawmakers on the subcommittee said Congress has better things to do than legislating on college football.

Please tell me I'm not alone in thinking they have better things to do....

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Still, I can't say they're wrong. The BCS system is a joke.

Agreed that the BCS system is a joke, BUT.... I don't think it's something that the Congress of The United States of America should be dealing with. How about working on getting rid of some of the debt? Here's an idea.... Let's get rid of congress, since all they are worried about is their own popularity, getting re-elected, and sports.

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well clearly they dont have more important things to deal with.

I think I'm one of the few who actually don't mind the BCS. It has never screwed Ohio State and this year it almost put UC in the National Championship game which for them would NEVER been attainable through a playoff system imo. Although there is a good playoff system that combines it with BCS bowl style stuff that I have come up with that I wouldn't mind seeing.

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i love that 10s of thousands of people are deployed millions out of work and are major issues are college football and tiger fucking another woman.

Can't please all the people all the time, if all they focused on was the war people would complain nothing else was getting done.

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no but our goverment is solving problems that arent problems. Yeah ok the bcs sucks but who really cares. I am more concerend with the fact that when my wife comes home from iraq she gets to turn around and go to afghan.

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no but our goverment is solving problems that arent problems. Yeah ok the bcs sucks but who really cares. I am more concerend with the fact that when my wife comes home from iraq she gets to turn around and go to afghan.

I think part of it stems from advertising and college funding. Colleges get money based on their sports as well as academics. The big colleges are the only ones that can really win the BCS, therefore the only colleges that really get a ton of money are the big ones.

Additionally, all these venues advertise the NATIONAL CHAMPION but it's not a fair process.

Either way, I don't agree with legislature on this petty of a thing, just presenting both sides.

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The World Series doesn't involve the world, so what. If these kids are going to be making millions for the colleges shouldn't they be paid? They have a talent that is worth millions but jeopardize it playing for a college for free or a 160k education. Don't get me started on not giving scholarships to those producing the most revenue for the schools. Making it fair for the girl’s volleyball team to get scholarships has made it unfair for those who actually contribute to the college making money. The whole system is fucked up, so what, congress has no business managing it.

DC should be doing their jobs, national defense and infrastructure.

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no but our goverment is solving problems that arent problems. Yeah ok the bcs sucks but who really cares. I am more concerend with the fact that when my wife comes home from iraq she gets to turn around and go to afghan.

+1

The BCS does suck, but congress enacting a bill to legislate a college sport is as gay as Ohio amending its constitution to allow 1 company to build a casino monopoly.

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