Senate to Examine BCS

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03:43 PM MDT on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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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.

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.

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They are looking into this because of unfair infancial practices and an anti-trust violation. Big conferences are hogging all the money and "bogarting" the little conferences, a practice which is SUPPORTED by the NCAA. This goes much deeper than just football.
 
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90'sBayPlayer said:
I get that part I P I M, It's just that are more pressing issues tho, Like soldiers dying and Americans losing their jobs and houses.
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Of course there are, but this falls right into the economy column when looking at US issues. Unbalanced and unchecked funds leads to financial problems and a lapse in the economical balance...just like anything else going on at the moment (Bail outs, AIG).

And soldiers aint goin anywhere...so i guess i dont understand your view on that Obama SUPPORTS troops staying put in the Middle East, so that isnt even an issue.
 
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they should just do away with the bcs and have a playoff format....iinda like the nfl does....no need for 47 bowl games....u really dont know who the fuck is the national champ anymore
 
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^ There should be a playoff. When little schools want to play the big dogs,the small schools have to play on the road. When San Jose Sate Played Ohio State, they had to go to Ohio and Ohio wouldn't come to SJ. Unless it's 2 huge programs ,then they do a 2 game series and play at each others house. So basiccly you don't have a point unless the small schools should always have to play on the road. And Utah would've smashed anyone they played.
 
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Simply put, BCS is bullshit. It doesn't only remove teams like Utah from playing in the national championships, it penalizes teams like USC for playing in the PAC-10. The BCS makes the college football championship about popularity and that's unfair for kids who work hard everyday and deserve a shot at the national title.

This is different than the streoids investigations. First of all, it takes place in the present, its not a review of a scandal that happened in the 90s and early 2000s. It is an ongoing practice sanctioned and enforced by the NCAA thats puts teams and conferences at a comparative disadvantage not because of performance enhancing drugs but because of reputation. Until this issue is addressed, you will continue to see popular schools from the Big 12, SEC, and Big 10 play in the national championship games. Schools in the ACC, Big East and PAC-10 are barred from the National Championship Game by losing one game, and smaller conferences like the Mountain West are not even considered.

I'm glad the government is looking into this.
 
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