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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on March 26, 2009, 11:51:37 AM
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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.
Behind the push for the hearings is the subcommittee's top Republican, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. People there were furious that Utah was bypassed for the national championship despite going undefeated in the regular season.
The title game pitted No. 1 Florida (12-1) against No. 2 Oklahoma (12-1); Florida won 24-14 and claimed the title.
The subcommittee's statement said Hatch would introduce legislation "to rectify this situation." No details were offered and Hatch's office declined to provide any. ...
link (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9759GG00&show_article=1)
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I am sooooo glad that there are no pressing issues facing this country, than to worry about college sports. :censored:
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I guess the economic crisis is over now?
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I guess the economic crisis is over now?
Yup, ponies and unicorns all round, delivery by the end of the month. :whatever:
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Just like kids with ADD...they get distracted from their work by the first shiny object that catches their eye.
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Some senators are tired of losing their bets on the BCS and others are probably pissed that their Alma Maters never make it to the bowl series.
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Some senators are tired of losing their bets on the BCS and others are probably pissed that their Alma Maters never make it to the bowl series.
Barney Frank was upset that William and Harry College was in the running again this year.
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Frankly, Orrin Hatch needs to retire, and soon.
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I never could understand why Congress got involved with baseball and steroids, while bailout money was going to naming rights for new stadiums :banghead:
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I don't understand why Congress is involved in BCS and steroids. I am not a big fan of BCS or steroid use, but that's a non-issue.
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I don't understand why Congress is involved in BCS and steroids. I am not a big fan of BCS or steroid use, but that's a non-issue.
Me either.
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I am sooooo glad that there are no pressing issues facing this country, than to worry about college sports. :censored:
That is what gets me...if the economy is so bad, and we are on the brink...what are our ELECTED OFFICIALS doing even discussing the bowl championship series vs a playoff tournament???
SCREAMING...VOTE THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE...THEY ARE A HUGE Fing WASTE OF TIME, AIR, SPACE, AND MOST OF ALL MONEY... :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
each one of those hammers cost the federal government $500 a piece
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Just like kids with ADD...they get distracted from their work by the first shiny object that catches their eye.
As a parent of a kid with ADD...I can only say this...
That is so true...if it sparkles...it distracts!
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I had to click the link to make sure that wasn't from The Onion. And then I picked my jaw up off the floor.
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I had to click the link to make sure that wasn't from The Onion. And then I picked my jaw up off the floor.
It is like people praying to God for a new Television...God has better things to do with his Time...Doesn't Congress??? :mental: