Comments on: Congress to Investigate College Bowl Championship Series

By: Elephonkey

Elephonkey — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:36:05 +0000

Congress and College Football: Match Made in Hell

I have yet to find anyone who is in favor of the decision by Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) to use his Congressional committee to investigate NCAA football and, more specifically, the Bowl Championship Series. For those of you who...

By: Matthew Rinehardt

Matthew Rinehardt — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 06:12:29 +0000

US car manufacturers wouldn't put seat belts in all models until forced to do so by the Government. Sometimes Government intervention is necessary, and useful. When I-A football is the only NCAA sport where there is no official championship playoff method, and the public has wanted one for some time, something is wrong. How can anyone view March Madness and not realize the National benefit a I-A playoff would generate? The NCAA has yet bowl money rule over the public good. It's time something is done about it. And, I think a playoff would actually generate more money! I can only guess the money involved is expected to shift unfavorably by the current controlling powers. Can anyone explain why we don't already have a I-A playoff?

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:10:36 +0000

I think we should hook generators up to Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan's graves. At the rate they're spinning right about now, we could probably eliminate our dependency on oil imports.

By: Matthew Rinehardt

Matthew Rinehardt — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:32:02 +0000

There "needs" to be a I-A Championship playoff because the BCS isn't working. I would have loved to have seen how far Utah and their unusual offense could have gone last year, but no, big money and the bowl system won't allow it. Take the top 8 teams as determined by the AP and Coaches polls (throw the computers out!) and let them play, seeding to start with and after the first round. The bowl structure can be used in some fashion to host the lead-in games and the championship game. Teams that aren't in the top 8 can still play in the lessor bowls.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:01:41 +0000

"College football is not just an exhilarating sport, but a BILLION-dollar business that Congress cannot ignore," ...

Its that billion dollars that lights up a congressman's eyes and you can bet he and others are trying to figure how to tap into it

By: McGehee

McGehee — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:31:11 +0000

I think the fallacy in this whole issue is the apparent conviction on the part of some that there needs to be a national champion in college football.

Yeah, I guess it must be in the Declaration of Independence somewhere: life, liberty, and nationwide bragging rights.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:13:00 +0000

I think it's time for them all to review their duties according to the Constitution....HOW ABOUT SAFETY AND BORDERS, you long-in-the-tooth dinosaurs.

Nix the Congressional investigations and return the pay raise you gave yourselves "in the dead of night" which BTW is also unconstitutional!

By: Steven Plunk

Steven Plunk — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:32:16 +0000

With over a hundred team in division 1 why not just have a Rose Bowl champion, an Orange Bowl champion and so forth. The idea that we must have single champion is wrong, it may be the american way but still wrong.

Isn't there more than enough glory to go around?

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:12:02 +0000

Saturday Links

From around the spehre today: - Outside the Beltway: Congress to investigate the BCS As much as I hate the BCS, what business does Congress have in the matter? Looks like Congress is taking to investigating things that have more...

By: Big Mike

Big Mike — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:02:18 +0000

I guess you think Congress can solve everything. You must be a liberal Democrat.

By: Matthew Rinehardt

Matthew Rinehardt — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:32:25 +0000

NCAA 1-A needs a true playoff system, one I would like to see in my lifetime. If the NCAA won't do it, maybe Congress will.

By: Ben There

Ben There — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:17:10 +0000

It is flawed and has no value. Cancel it!

By: DaveD

DaveD — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 15:32:09 +0000

Yep, ranks right up there with Arlen Specter's public concerns about the Terrell Owens affair. Your tax dollars at work.

By: Chris Nicks

Chris Nicks — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:50:59 +0000

I'm so glad that all of the black-outs in California have been solved and the lack of gas refineries in America has been taken care of that Congress, with it's what 30-something percent approval rating, has the time to "investigate" college football, and pro football, and baseball, and anything else with a greater approval rating than them.

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:51:13 +0000

The Knucklehead of the Day award

Today's winner is Republican congressman Joe Barton.