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I guess the government has a right to do anything, but for cryin' out loud, now they are gonig to probe the BCS. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series.
Behind the push for hearings is 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. Sen. Hatch would introduce legislation "to rectify this situation." Also in the House, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, has sponsored legislation that would prevent the NCAA from calling a football game a "national championship" unless the game culminates from a playoff system.
I wonder who will file a complaint over the World Series when only US and Canadian teams can compete? But where would that complaint be filed anyway, in the World Court at the Hague.
This just figured that the two top names in this would be from Utah and Texas. Maybe, just maybe the game should have been between the Utes and the Longhorns.
I know this has been hashed over time and time again, and this year isn't the first time, but the only way it will change is by changing the way the payouts are arranged. And that is what the college presidents think about first and foremost. It is the college presidents who vote to make the BCS and if someone doesn't like what they see, they should work with their university to change things.
But even with a playoff, there is always going to be some team that will feel left out. We all talk about how good the NCAA basketball tournament is, but even with 65 teams being selected, there were five or six that really felt as though they should have been included and weren't. It's all going to be subjective because of so many teams. Even if that weren't the case, there can still be controversy. This year in the NFL, a system that has a clear playoff system, controversy arose because San Diego, who won their division made the playoffs with a much less win-loss record than did New England who didn't make the playoffs.
No matter what they do, there will always be someone who felt they were slighted. It's just a shame that our senators and representatives feel they have to intervene.
Behind the push for hearings is 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. Sen. Hatch would introduce legislation "to rectify this situation." Also in the House, Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, has sponsored legislation that would prevent the NCAA from calling a football game a "national championship" unless the game culminates from a playoff system.
I wonder who will file a complaint over the World Series when only US and Canadian teams can compete? But where would that complaint be filed anyway, in the World Court at the Hague.
This just figured that the two top names in this would be from Utah and Texas. Maybe, just maybe the game should have been between the Utes and the Longhorns.
I know this has been hashed over time and time again, and this year isn't the first time, but the only way it will change is by changing the way the payouts are arranged. And that is what the college presidents think about first and foremost. It is the college presidents who vote to make the BCS and if someone doesn't like what they see, they should work with their university to change things.
But even with a playoff, there is always going to be some team that will feel left out. We all talk about how good the NCAA basketball tournament is, but even with 65 teams being selected, there were five or six that really felt as though they should have been included and weren't. It's all going to be subjective because of so many teams. Even if that weren't the case, there can still be controversy. This year in the NFL, a system that has a clear playoff system, controversy arose because San Diego, who won their division made the playoffs with a much less win-loss record than did New England who didn't make the playoffs.
No matter what they do, there will always be someone who felt they were slighted. It's just a shame that our senators and representatives feel they have to intervene.
