Even in good times this would be wrong.
I recently posted that logic does not apply at the federal level of government.
If any federal official takes exception to that statement let me give the following as evidence.
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.
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 subcommittee’s statement said Hatch would introduce legislation “to rectify this situation.”
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.
Yes, I also wish there was a national playoff.
But, Senate committee hearings?
Legislation prohibiting the use of the term “national championship”?
Folks, we have some serious house cleaning to do in Washington.
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