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.
Considering the potential amount of money to be made from teams who participate in BCS bowl games, the issue has captured the attention of two sports bloggers in particular who've recently written on what role, if any, Congress should have in the matter.
- Stay on the Bench, Congress Kristi Dosh of Forbes writes: "The argument of Senators Hatch and Baucus, and the others who have come before them, is that schools outside of the six automatically-qualifying conferences are at a disadvantage in terms of their ability to get into a BCS bowl game AND that they receive a much smaller share of the revenue," she says. "So what? The top conferences would pull in the lion's share of revenue regardless of the BCS."
- Stay in the Game, says Andy Staples at Sports Illustrated. "So with all due respect to Hancock and his request that the government butt out of the business of more than 100 taxpayer-funded universities, maybe the Justice Department has some evidence if it wants to investigate whether the BCS violates the Sherman Antitrust Act."
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