 Congress planning to take a look at BCS
Congress planning to take a look at BCS
Saturday, December 03, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Calling the Bowl Championship Series "deeply flawed," the chairman of a congressional committee has called a hearing on the controversial system used to determine college football’s national champion.
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, charged with regulating the U.S. sports industry, announced yesterday that it will conduct a hearing on the BCS next week, after this season’s bowl matchups are determined.
"College football is not just an exhilarating sport, but a billiondollar business that Congress cannot ignore," said committee Chairman Joe Barton, a Texas Republican.
The committee announcement called the hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, a "comprehensive review" of the BCS and postseason college football.
"The current system of determining who’s No. 1 appears deeply flawed," Barton said.
Barton said he does not have legislation in mind to force a change, but said he hopes congressional hearings will spur discussion and improvements.
The Bowl Championship Series was established in 1998 to determine a national champion using the traditional bowl system and a mix of computer and human polls to set up a championship game.
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