This is nonsense. Needless to say if you are LSU fan or a fan of the SEC there needs to be a gigantic no on this.
President Obama and many others have criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Championship 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 yesterday announcing the hearings. Under the BCS, some conferences get automatic bids to participate in series, while others do not. Many favor a playoff-type system to determine the national champion. The BCS features a championship game between the top teams in the BCS standings, based on polls and computer ratings . . .
Who is on this Senate Panel and where did they go to school? Well let me say the SEC has no representation and the Pac 10 representation is very weak. Orrin Hatch I bet is a cause for a concern too!!!
Democratic Members
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin(Chairman)earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1956 and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University in 1958
Charles E. Schumer, New York-Harvard College and Harvard Law School
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island- Yale University and University of Virginia School of Law
Ron Wyden, Oregon- Stanford University and University of Oregon Law School
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota-Yale and the University of Chicago Law School
Edward E. Kaufman, Delaware- Duke University and MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Republican Members
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Ranking Member)-Brigham Young University and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania and Yale Law School
Charles E. Grassley, IowaUniversity of Northern Iowa
John Conryn, Texas-Trinity University and St. Mary’s School of Law, both in San Antonio, Sen. Cornyn also earned a Masters of Law from the University of Virginia Law School in 1995
THE SEC SHOULD HAVE had the the foresight of getting our people on this committee Time to bribe the Yankees Call up TAF and the Alumni groups up north.
James ... one of these outcomes will likely favor Louisiana Tech. The other will favor LSU. The key is count the BCS teams represented vs. the non-BCS teams represented.
ReplyDeleteOf course you already know that I favor a playoff.
Of course the question in the mix is that current Coach Dooley AD and head footabll coach likes the BCS.
ReplyDeleteAll the WAC has to do is keep its progresson and we shall be in the BCS mix