Senior ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee Orrin Hatch has seen just about enough of the big, major players always getting their way and shutting out smaller competitors. While he wouldn’t break up the usual suspects, Hatch did call on the White House to help level the playing field. After years of potentially illegal activity, it’s about time to put the debate that always comes to a boil around election time to rest once and for all. Is there a way to get rid of the Bowl Championship Series?
Riding the recent wave of crackdown on illegal activity, Hatch asked President Obama to enlist the Justice Department’s help to determine if the BCS violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.
“At its most basic level, the BCS is an agreement among competitors on the way in which they will compete with one another and how they will compete with schools outside their elite circle,” ensuring an inequitable distribution of revenue, Hatch said in the letter.
“It explicitly limits the ability of non-privileged teams to compete in these lucrative games,” Hatch said. “It creates a so-called ‘National Championship Game,’ the limited eligibility for which is effectively determined before the season even begins.”
This sounds pretty rational Senator Hatch. Given your experience on the Senate Finance Committee, maybe you’ve come across an action plan to help solve this problem.
“If anything, our nation should hold our colleges and universities to a higher standard than we would a purely commercial enterprise.”
Ok. Have it your way. Just remember what that means then for the University of Utah and BYU if they stumble along the way, no bailouts.
Hatch Asks White House to Probe BCS Football Playoff System [Bloomberg]
Posted by CoveredLong , Oct 21, 2009 5:26PM
Orrin (..ge you glad I didn't say banana) Hatch, shutup.
Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2009 5:37PM
Unfucking believable. Rome burns, and this sanctimonious joker is concerned about how the Lions have an unfair advantage against the Christians in the Coliseum.
Glad I'm an Ex-Pat earning my income in non-USD currencies. Maybe when Utah goes on eBay, I'll place a bid, but we all know that's rigged, too, right?
Posted by Teri Buhl , Oct 21, 2009 6:07PM
Love any govt action that creates a real college football playoff and allows my USC Trojans to show, even after one loss, why we should have a chance to fight for the #1 spot and beat Fla or Texas.
Fight On!
Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2009 6:27PM
Guest@#2...
If this account is true, TGFD is embarrassed for Hatch.
TGFD doesn't give a f'k about college football, nor professional football for that matter. It's all a waste of time and energy.
The dumb, fucking american electorate knows a hell of a lot more about football, TV reality shows, and hollywood by far than they know about the turds they've voted into office and the damage that's being done by Washington.
The Guy from Delaware
Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2009 7:57PM
I think this is a net positive. The more time Congress spends on this meaningless stuff the less time they are passing laws that screw up the country.
Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2009 8:03PM
Guest @5...
You've just proved why Democracies fail... apathy towards your government plays right into the hands of future dictators.
Change is coming, but it isn't the "Change" anyone expected.
When Wall Street sells America into slavery, who is going to be there to bring justice? Or should we all become ex-pats like @2 above?
Posted by Fan o the Macke , Oct 21, 2009 8:13PM
TGFD,
I'm going to apply lube to every doorknob in your double wide. This will either make you very annoyed or very happy.
- Not the Macke, but TGFD
Posted by guest , Oct 21, 2009 11:36PM
Fan o the Macke @#7...
HaHa. Annoyed would be TGFD's reaction to the lubed knobs, but your intention is funny, nonetheless.
The Phucked-up Phillies are getting ready to win the NL championship as I write this post, and soon afterwards, the dumbass fans are going to tear the hell out of Philadelphia, just as they did last year. Fucking morons.
TGFD sure hopes the Yankees kick the Phillies' asses all to hell in four straight in the World Series. That would shut off the f'n noise that keeps blasting from that shithole called Philadelphia.
The Guy from Delaware
Posted by scaredinNC , Oct 22, 2009 6:32AM
Why all the disgusting language? I suggest you get out your Thesauruses
and look for some nasty, crude, witty, and incredibly devastating words to use instead of the same old, run of the mill, low life, putrid swear words you're using now. You're all using the same copy cat language. Rise up to a level of some sophistication, for heavens sake - and your own.
Posted by trojan , Oct 22, 2009 6:51AM
hes just pissed the cougars dropped the ball so early this season and wont go bcs bowling
ok as a long time poster here its good to finally see some cardinal and gold love @2