Subcommittee OKs college playoff bill

[vcu_dan]

WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion.

The bill would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I football game as a national championship unless that title contest is the result of a playoff.

The measure passed by a voice vote Wednesday by a House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee.

The sponsor, GOP Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, said the current Bowl Championship Series is unfair and won't change unless prompted by Congress.

But some lawmakers on the subcommittee said Congress has better things to do than legislating on college football.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4727426

are you serious? What business do they have with football? They need to leave it alone!

 

[Mercury]

Dont they have better things to work on>?

 

[vcu_dan]

Dont they have better things to work on>?

what like the economy or something?

 

[RAMROD]

Whatever the National Championship process is today, I'm sure that anything designed by the self-admitted geniuses in DC would be quite a sight to behold. They should restrict themselves to attempting to fix the things that they have already messed up and leave the naturally messed up stuff alone.

 

[Sometimes]

Dont they have better things to work on>?

I don't think you blame "they" on this one. You blame Rep. Joe Barton.