BCS House Vote: Congress To Vote On College Football Playoff

Wall Street Journal:

House lawmakers are gearing up for a vote as soon as next week on a bill aimed at forcing a national college-football playoff.

Approval of the legislation by an Energy and Commerce subcommittee would represent the most significant action yet by Congress in its oversight of college football. The plans for a markup next week -- still tentative as of late Friday -- appeared to signal growing congressional support for the idea, which President Barack Obama also backed during the 2008 campaign.

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Comments

[capitalismisevil]

10:06 PM on 12/07/2009

This is what dims are going to bring up and pass laws about?

[spytheweb]

02:16 PM on 12/07/2009

This is what people want. Like basketball's final 4.

[WindySailor]

01:34 PM on 12/07/2009

Congress should vote on self-immolation before wasting its time on college football.

[Mattcat25]

12:07 PM on 12/07/2009

The NCAA currently sanctions national championship tournaments in every collegiate sport including football's divisions II and III. Bowl Games and Poll Seeding should be eliminated.

[NANANACHMAN]

10:01 PM on 12/06/2009

About Time

[mrjames1]

07:11 AM on 12/06/2009

Maybe they can put in a few hours on a new Glass-Steagall before the entire world economy implodes and starves a billion people, you know while they're voting on the college football thing

[CoronaDischarge]

11:59 PM on 12/05/2009

What's the point? The Republicans will just stall it in the Senate and tack some anti-abortion amendment on it. Orin Hatch and Richard Shelby will be squawking about socialized football and bureaucrats deciding which teams get bowls and which not. Sarah Palin will concoct some vague warning about sudden death panels deciding outcomes.

[lecloche]

11:46 PM on 12/05/2009

There are at least two wars goning on, the global economy is in the toilet, American education is a sick joke and THIS is what concerns the government. THIS they comprehend. Small minds, useless service.

[Palemoon]

08:08 PM on 12/05/2009

Best Solution EVER!!