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Congressman proposes killing BCS

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Inky_Wretch, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. SockPuppet

    SockPuppet Active Member

    The Big 12 did not select the tiebreaker. The schools at their annual meeting in 1997 decided on the tiebreaker rules. They've been in effect as long as there has been a BCS.

    Also, while it's obvious that this Texas lawmaker is pandering to his constitutents, there are also congressmen in Utah, Hawaii and Idaho willing to pander to their constituents.

    If Congress wants to get serious about this and go after the schools' and bowls' tax-exempt status, this could have serious traction. And while I agree that this is about 199 on a list of top 100 problems, it would be nice to see Congress accomplish something worthwhile.
     
  2. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    At least it's not a BCS bailout.
     
  3. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Any legislator/federal officeholder introducing any legislation concerning sports, unless it is to limit/prohibit/terminate tax support of professional sports franchises, should be immediately removed from office.

    And yes, this means you, Barack Obama. Get to fucking work. Focus.
     
  4. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    Congress has no business legislating what form of playoff system the NCAA does or does not have.

    They can, however, manipulate the NCAA by either cutting funding or threatening to cut funding to get the NCAA to comply.

    But, having said that, Congress should be working on getting this economy back up and running and creating jobs. It should not be wasting time on college football.
     
  5. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Thank you. Those piece-of-shit fucks should be worrying about things that matter.
     
  6. Bruce Leroy

    Bruce Leroy Active Member

    Of course, Congress should be worried about a million things before the BCS, but I still like this idea. Keep your damn BCS if you want to, major conferences, but ESPN can't hype the final game as the national championship game. It's just another postseason game. Guarantee that'd at least piss off the people who refuse to acknowledge a playoff as a better method. If the BCS has to remain intact, let's give the fuckers behind it something to pout about.
     
  7. Editude

    Editude Active Member

    Who cares how it's promoted? If that affects whether you watch the game, then don't.
     
  8. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    They ain't wrong.
     
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Be glad this is what he's wasting his time on. This guy thinks this is a Congressman's role. Do you want him, and several hundred others like him, pissing a few billion dollars of tax payer dollars down the drain on hair-brained bail-out plans? They are idiots. Let them debate the BCS. At least they can't do any real harm.
     
  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Government intervention of college sports is nothing new. Heck, the NCAA was practically created because Teddy Roosevelt intervened in college football after a bunch of players were killed during games.

    20+ years ago, a Louisiana congressman tried to pass a law to prevent athletes from transferring to schools. Obviously, he hadn't heard that slavery ended in the 19th century.

    I'd rather Congress do more to address the issues that the student-athletes have to face, such as scholarships being able to be yanked at will, transfer rules (coaches can jump to different teams and not sit out, players have to sit out a year, two if the school doesn't give permission), the amount of hours they have to devote to their sport, and yes, the money issue. No reason why the athletes shouldn't be able to profit as much as anyone else, after all, this is a capitalistic society.

    If the NCAA wants amateurism, then make everyone, including administrators, volunteers. And make college sports all like D-III, or the Ivy League.

    But of course, Congress would actually have to show some cojones. And they usually don't, unless they are in a bathroom.
     
  11. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    That's because they haven't completely sold out like the SEC and Big 12 and refuse to have a conference championship despite unbalanced scheduling for the sake of more revenue.
     
  12. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    I wish we didn't have politicians getting involved. It is a waste of money our country does not have.
     
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