Bipartisan attack on the BCS
We’ve been looking for a bipartisan issue for our country to rally around, and maybe Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has finally found it. Shortly after he was elected president last year, Barack Obama let it be known that he wasn’t too thrilled with the way college football crowns its national champion:
“If you’ve got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there’s no clear decisive winner. We should be creating a playoff system. …
“I don’t know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I’m going to throw my weight around a little bit. I think it’s the right thing to do.”
In a letter, Sen. Hatch reminded the president of his promise and called for a Justice Department investigation into possible antitrust violations. The senator from Utah does have a rooting interest in such action: The University of Utah football team finished last season undefeated but didn’t rank high enough in the BCS standings to contend for the national championship.
Hatch wrote that the system “artificially limits the number of nationally relevant bowl games to five. The result is reduced access to revenues and visibility which creates disadvantages to schools in the non-privileged conferences.” Utah plays in the Mountain West Conference, which does not receive an automatic BCS bid.




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