Posted on Fri, May 21, 2010 : 11:36 a.m.
BCS to Congressmen: Stay out of college football
By AnnArbor.com Staff
BCS officials sent a long-await reply to a Congressional inquiry into college football's postseason, and pretty much told Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to leave college football alone.
"While I appreciate your interest, I believe that decisions about college football should be made by university presidents, athletics directors, coaches and conference commissioners rather than by members of Congress," BCS executive director Bill Hancock wrote.
Andrea Adelson of the Orlando Sentinel has the complete story. Here's the link.
Comments
Josh Ditton
Sun, May 23, 2010 : 9:57 p.m.
Of course the BCS wants congress to stay out of college football - the top BCS officials are making BANK and don't want to give it up. It's all about the money - not fairness, or athletics, but money.
OSUbeBetter
Fri, May 21, 2010 : 6:10 p.m.
Ok you don't want government, then you don't get to keep your little "Tax Exempt" bowl status.
aarox
Fri, May 21, 2010 : 5:40 p.m.
The federal government has no business being in this at all. Two words: enumerated powers. It means the federal government is (supposed to be) strictly limited in its powers. The reason Washington is failing you and me is that it is trying to do things that it has no business doing. From Wikipedia: The enumerated powers are a list of responsibilities found in Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which enumerates the authority granted to the United States Congress. Congress may exercise only those powers that are granted to it by the Constitution, limited by the Bill of Rights and the other protections found in the Constitutional text. The classical statement of a government of enumerated powers is that by Chief Justice Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland: This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent, to have required to be enforced by all those arguments, which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge; that principle is now universally admitted. On the one hand, strict Constitutionalists believe that Congress's power should be limited to only those duties listed in the Constitution. On the other hand, liberal interpreters of the constitution allow for powers more tangential to those duties. Many individuals cite the Necessary and Proper clause and the Commerce clause as grounds for their argument. Conservatives cite the Tenth Amendment as grounds for their arguments. Over time the overall trend has seen more power shifting to the Congress. This can be noted especially after the Great Depression in the New Deal programs.
Lokalisierung
Fri, May 21, 2010 : 3:06 p.m.
I like the BCS better than the old system, but there are better ways out there still.
Freemind42
Fri, May 21, 2010 : 1:21 p.m.
That's all well and good BCS, but the antitrust lawyers might have a little something to say about that. Plus, it's not like the senators have more important things to worry about (-insert drum fill here).
michboy40
Fri, May 21, 2010 : 1:12 p.m.
The BCS does not want congress messing with their little cash cow...frankly, this is like The Manson's checking up on the Corlione's!