A sign of good economic times

[Kenscollick]

Now that our elected officials have spent more money than we have they must be confident that their jobs are done and are moving on to screwing up something else they do not understand.

WHERE IS MY TAX CUT ???????????

Can somebody show me where this is in the Constitution ?????????????


Senate reviewing how college football picks No. 1
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER – 18 hours ago

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.

Hatch said in a statement that the BCS system "has proven itself to be inadequate, not only for those of us who are fans of college football, but for anyone who believes that competition and fair play should have a role in collegiate sports."

In the House, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee, has sponsored legislation that would prevent the NCAA from calling a football game a "national championship" unless the game culminates from a playoff system.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

 

[Rich]

Can somebody show me where this is in the Constitution ?????????????

You might try reading Article 1, section 8, which gives the legislative branch the power to regulate just about anything they want under the power to regulate interstate commerce.

I do find it interesting that it is republicans, who are supposedly anti-regulation of anything, that are proposing these regulations. Just another example of local politics trumping national interests. We have seen a lot of that from the republicans lately, especially from Alabama's own Sen. Shelby.

I do believe there needs to be a college playoff system. The current system completely sucks and has for a long time despite numerous tweaks. But I don't think it is something that Congress needs to be involved in. Let the NCAA figure it out.

 

[lhpcope]

Re: Senator Shelby, "I'll drink to that!"

 

[Len44]

The title game pitted No. 1 Florida (12-1) against No. 2 Oklahoma (12-1); Florida won 24-14 and claimed the title.

Actually, the title game pitted No. 1 Oklahoma against No. 2 Florida, FWIW...