Why Is Football And The BCS A Topic For Politics?
I read last week that right after the first BCS poll came out, that a Political Action Committee (PAC) was announced called Playoff PAC. They said that they were going to back political candidates that favor a playoff system for college football over the present BCS system. Are you really serious???This seems ludicrous even for our over the top society today. I mean I am really having trouble understanding why our Congress was involved in any way in the baseball steroids issue. But now college football rankings?
Here we are in the midst of one of the worst economic crisis that I can remember, we have the war on terror that doesn’t seem to be working, our education and health care systems need reform and our so called “political leaders” in Washington need to be worried about college football rankings? I don’t think so.
My only prayer is that this PAC will fail completely for lack of support. But that cynical side of me fears that this whole think will take on a life of it’s own and we’ll be watching Senate subcommittees debating this topic for the next year or two. I hope it doesn’t play out that way.
Now don’t get me wrong. I actually would love to see a playoff system instead of what we have today. But that’s not my point. Let the NCAA and whoever else, in fact anybody else besides our leaders in Washington figure this one out.
But as I have said many times, nothing should surprise me any more. But I really hope this one goes away.
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You should look at this blog piece on Playoff PAC's website:
http://www.playoffpac.com/blog/Read.aspx?ID=57 
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Comment by Football Fan on 30 October 2009:
You should look at this blog piece on Playoff PAC’s website:
http://www.playoffpac.com/blog/Read.aspx?ID=57
Comment by admin on 30 October 2009:
Playoff Pac’s arguments don’t sway me. Bottom line is that if the people need to fix this issue by speaking through their representatives, that should be through the colleges themselves, as alumni or as donors.
What I pay my taxes for and want my representatives focused on are the other issues that I mentioned and that Playoff PAC mentioned, not a playoff system for college football.
Comment by Gene on 22 November 2009:
I think it’s more the have-nots wanting a piece of the BCS payday.