Itâs only over the legality of the BCS calling their championship game the âNational Championshipâ. However, if you didnât get a chance to see it on C-Span you need to find it on rebroadcast.
1st let me say Rep. Joe Barton of TX would get my vote for NCAA President. He very gentlemanly-like ripped ACC Commissioner John Swofford a new a55hole! It was priceless!!!
John Swofford looked like he had a hot poker up his rectum. You could see on his face every time that he had to defend the undefendable BCS that even he knew his responses were pure garbage. Every time he finished an answer all the Representatives just grinned at each other at the ridiculous nature of the answers.
The Mountain West Commissioner was mild but he did make it clear they wanted a playoff and not just a +1.
Boise St.'s Athletics Director was flatout fantastic in his sarcastic responses when the reps asked âdo you agree with Commissioner Swofford onâŚâ
The Alamo Bowl represenative was mostly concerned his bowl would disappear if there was a playoff system.
The best part was at the end when Rep. Barton asked Swofford âhave you BCS guys discussed changing the name of this system to something other than a national championship, because Iâm pretty sure that this bill will make it out of this committee and the Senate committee and I know it will pass both houses and the President will sign it? At which point it will be illegal to call this system a national championship, because if we donât see you make corrections in the next two months I gaurantee it will make it out of committee for a floor vote.â (paraphrase)
As much as I want to see a playoff, I would rather see Congress stick to running the government instead of worrying about whether college football should have a playoff system.
[QUOTE=N1NER;405807]As much as I want to see a playoff, I would rather see Congress stick to running the government instead of worrying about whether college football should have a playoff system.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=N1NER;405807]As much as I want to see a playoff, I would rather see Congress stick to running the government instead of worrying about whether college football should have a playoff system.[/QUOTE]
I donât know⌠I like the idea of congress investigating and passing legislation that protects hundreds of colleges and universities from injustices⌠but maybe thatâs just me.
I don't know... I like the idea of congress investigating and passing legislation that protects hundreds of colleges and universities from injustices... but maybe that's just me.
Iâd rather them pass legislation that directly effects citizens before they tell BCS programs that they need to invite more smaller programs to the party⌠but maybe thatâs just me.
Normally Iâd agree that Congress should focus on important business, but considering all they do is tax & spend & bail-out, they need something to get their mind off of our $$$$$$$$$$$.
Normally I'd agree that Congress should focus on important business, but considering all they do is tax & spend & bail-out, they need something to get their mind off of our $$$$$$$$$$$.
[QUOTE=stonecoldken;405831]Normally Iâd agree that Congress should focus on important business, but considering all they do is tax & spend & bail-out, they need something to get their mind off of our $$$$$$$$$$$.[/QUOTE]
IT worked in Quahog, RI when they built the solid gold statue of dig em in honor of the fallen troops. They banned gay marriage and everyone forgot about the statue!!
Itâs important to understand that these hearings arenât to decide if the BCS is a monopoly, but to determine if their use of the words âNational Championshipâ and âNational Championâ are fraud. If decleared fraudulant then the winner of the âchampionshipâ game will no longer be allowed to be called âNational Championâ.
It may seem like a semantics issue but its an attempt to force the BCS to modify their system to a playoff so that Congress wonât get further involved. Rep. Barton made that clear in his final statements. The BCS needs to change itself or Congress will call their national championship fraudulant. The implied threat is that Anti-Trust Legislation might be the next step. That would be the more serious issue. This was a slap on the wrist to the BCS to tell them âchange your wayward ways or we will change them for you.â
[QUOTE=49RFootballNow;405853]Are 45% of the NFL teams eliminated from making the Superbowl before the season starts?[/QUOTE]
And does the negative effect on non-playoff teams transcend football to basketball and beyond?
As annoyed as some may be with the fact that Congress has taken it upon themselves to fix the problem, at least somebody is trying. Weâll be dancing in the streets when the BCS falls, and reaping the benefits of football and basketball in the post-BCS world.
It's important to understand that these hearings aren't to decide if the BCS is a monopoly, but to determine if their use of the words "National Championship" and "National Champion" are fraud. If decleared fraudulant then the winner of the "championship" game will no longer be allowed to be called "National Champion".
It may seem like a semantics issue but its an attempt to force the BCS to modify their system to a playoff so that Congress wonât get further involved. Rep. Barton made that clear in his final statements. The BCS needs to change itself or Congress will call their national championship fraudulant. The implied threat is that Anti-Trust Legislation might be the next step. That would be the more serious issue. This was a slap on the wrist to the BCS to tell them âchange your wayward ways or we will change them for you.â
Doesnât matter⌠itâs still a bad use of taxpayer money and time to sit there and tell them this.
[QUOTE=CharSFNiners;405857]Doesnât matter⌠itâs still a bad use of taxpayer money and time to sit there and tell them this.[/QUOTE]
I donât know about you but Iâve invested money in an organization that will, I hope, be one of those non-automatic qualifiers for FBS football. This is Congress using persuation instead of legislation to rectify an inequality that it normally would have no jurisdiction over. If they werenât holding hearings on this then they would have on something else that we all probably thought was silly. If the BCS is involved in fraud across state lines (and it is) then the committee was justified in investigating it.
I don't know about you but I've invested money in an organization that will, I hope, be one of those non-automatic qualifiers for FBS football. This is Congress using persuation instead of legislation to rectify an inequality that it normally would have no jurisdiction over. If they weren't holding hearings on this then they would have on something else that we all probably thought was silly. If the BCS is involved in fraud across state lines (and it is) then the committee was justified in investigating it.
Let them deal with more important inequalities in the world before they worry about collegiate sports, sorry, but there are plenty of them out there. Itâs called priorities.
[QUOTE=CharSFNiners;405874]Let them deal with more important inequalities in the world before they worry about collegiate sports, sorry, but there are plenty of them out there. Itâs called priorities.[/QUOTE]
College athletics is a multi-million dollar business and would deserve the same anti-fraud attention you would give to say Enron or Countrywide.
