One reason the country is in such bad shape

Post #318,404 by jay 12/10/09 2:03:49 PM Reply	One reason the country is in such bad shape http://news.yahoo.co...t/us_bcs_congress Dismissing complaints from some members that Congress had more pressing matters, a House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion. Yep, Congress is spending a bit of time attacking the BCS when it could be dealing with other matters. A few voices objecting to Congress spending it's time on such a matter, but not much. And really, how is a playoff better then the BCS? Playoffs usually favor teams that got weak opponents in the early rounds, and often reduce to who is luckier in a few key games. Notice that not one, even those opposed to the bill, pointed out that the best interest of country probably lies with suppressing the pseudo-professional college sports in general and getting them back to actually teaching. Jay
Post #318,407 by drook 12/10/09 2:13:49 PM Reply	Almost everyone mis-reporting this For what it's worth, they're not actually requiring a playoff system. What the legislation says is you can't call a game a "national championship" unless it was the result of a playoff. That's a reasonable position, but should be handled by the FTC under truth-in-advertising guidelines. -- Drew
Post #318,409 by jay 12/10/09 2:21:06 PM Reply	I don't care if it's reasonable I don't care if it's a reasonable position or not. I don't want congress wasting it's time with such matters. Jay
Post #318,415 by beepster 12/10/09 4:02:27 PM 12/10/09 4:03:32 PM Reply	Ding ding ding...give this man a cookie! I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill. Edited by beepster Dec. 10, 2009, 04:03:32 PM EST Expand All History
Post #318,416 by Another Scott 12/10/09 4:14:42 PM Reply	House subcommittees aren't the problem. There are lots and lots of them and they have hearings on lots of things. E.g. http://www.contactin...list.cgi?site=ctc Yeah, the BCS, etc., is probably not worth having a hearing over. But that's not the problem. The Senate is the problem. That's the reason why important legislation isn't moving quickly. I can't see the cloture rules in the Senate changing significantly anytime soon. http://en.wikipedia....ure#United_States Cheers, Scott. (Who wonders what it would be like to have cloture require 50%+1 of the Senators present...)
Post #318,419 by boxley 12/10/09 5:30:29 PM Reply	prefer them wasting time on that than fcking up the country
Post #318,434 by Silverlock 12/10/09 11:42:29 PM Reply	When did they start doing that? The truth in advertising stuff I mean. :/

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