Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS

**Jason** · 10-21-2009, 02:24 PM

WASHINGTON – Shortly after winning last year's presidential election, Barack Obama said he was going to "to throw my weight around a little bit" to nudge college football's Bowl Championship Series to move to a playoff system.

On Wednesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch took him up on that.

Hatch asked the president to launch a Justice Department investigation into the way the BCS — a complex system of computer rankings and polls that often draws criticism — crowns its national champion.

"Mr. President, as you have publicly stated on multiple occasions, the BCS system is in dire need of reform," Hatch, R-Utah, wrote in a 10-page letter, obtained by The Associated Press.

Hatch, who held a hearing on the BCS in July, told Obama that a "strong case" can be made that the BCS violates antitrust laws.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/...hip_congress_3

**simpswr** · 10-21-2009, 02:56 PM

Ol' Orrin finally found something he can understand . .

**djaburg** · 10-21-2009, 04:01 PM

Great, now a government take over of college football!

**simpswr** · 10-21-2009, 04:03 PM

. . maybe a public option for the championship??

**djaburg** · 10-21-2009, 04:12 PM

But if it becomes something that's publicly funded, where are the cries for equality? Why can't WE play in the BCS? It's not fair that they have all the good players. So now there will be an entire Fairness Committee established to balance the talent across all the conferences. And of course we can't discriminate can we? Why no, so now we'll have to make it a bit softer because the girls want their chance to play too. No tackling, only touch, but not too hard. I can see it...

Whistle Blows...ref helps player up..."Personal Foul, unnecessary roughness, mean looks to the team, 15 yard penalty and loss of self esteem, second down"

**Canaanabolaanan** · 10-21-2009, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djaburg

Great, now a government take over of college football!

lols. It was only a matter of time before this line came out.

**djaburg** · 10-21-2009, 04:25 PM

Perhaps I need to contextually mark my comments <sarcasm> blah </sarcasm>, would that help? You ain't seen squat for rebellion until you mess with college football. If you can get 100+ Thousand screaming fans to attend a single regular season game, think how many would show up to protest government intervention! Man, that would be a sight...blue collars next to the blue bloods.

**Canaanabolaanan** · 10-21-2009, 04:56 PM

Yeah, I didn't think it was an honest dig. I was genuinely amused at its use.

10-21-2009, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,476 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS WASHINGTON – Shortly after winning last year's presidential election, Barack Obama said he was going to "to throw my weight around a little bit" to nudge college football's Bowl Championship Series to move to a playoff system. On Wednesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch took him up on that. Hatch asked the president to launch a Justice Department investigation into the way the BCS — a complex system of computer rankings and polls that often draws criticism — crowns its national champion. "Mr. President, as you have publicly stated on multiple occasions, the BCS system is in dire need of reform," Hatch, R-Utah, wrote in a 10-page letter, obtained by The Associated Press. Hatch, who held a hearing on the BCS in July, told Obama that a "strong case" can be made that the BCS violates antitrust laws. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/...hip_congress_3 __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS Great, now a government take over of college football! __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

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djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS But if it becomes something that's publicly funded, where are the cries for equality? Why can't WE play in the BCS? It's not fair that they have all the good players. So now there will be an entire Fairness Committee established to balance the talent across all the conferences. And of course we can't discriminate can we? Why no, so now we'll have to make it a bit softer because the girls want their chance to play too. No tackling, only touch, but not too hard. I can see it... Whistle Blows...ref helps player up..."Personal Foul, unnecessary roughness, mean looks to the team, 15 yard penalty and loss of self esteem, second down" __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

10-21-2009, 04:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS Perhaps I need to contextually mark my comments <sarcasm> blah </sarcasm>, would that help? You ain't seen squat for rebellion until you mess with college football. If you can get 100+ Thousand screaming fans to attend a single regular season game, think how many would show up to protest government intervention! Man, that would be a sight...blue collars next to the blue bloods. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

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Canaanabolaanan TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 563 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: Hatch urges Obama to investigate college's BCS Yeah, I didn't think it was an honest dig. I was genuinely amused at its use.