Senate To Hold Hearing On College Football’s BCS
Published: July 1, 2009
WASHINGTON —The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding college football’s Bowl Championship Series.
It will be the second hearing on the BCS held on Capitol Hill this year, following a contentious one in the House in May.
The Senate Judiciary Committee Web site says the hearing will be next Tuesday in the committee’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights.
Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the subcommittee’s top Republican, had sought the hearing. His office did not immediately return telephone and e-mail messages.
Football fans in Hatch’s state were furious that Utah was bypassed for the national championship despite going undefeated in the regular season.
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We as a nation might be better off if the Congress spent more time on the BCS, steroids in baseball and the like. Not sure about you but I am less than impressed with the results of their consideration of more serious matters.
Somehow, I think that there just might be issues that are a little bit more pressing than holding hearings on the BCS. This is exactly why we have a mucked society. Anyone that wants to have a hearong on this (GOP or bleeding heart liberal) needs to be voted out of office.
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