{"id":1809,"date":"2009-03-26T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2009-03-26T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T19:57:59","slug":"senate-reviewing-how-college-football-picks-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/26\/senate-reviewing-how-college-football-picks-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Reviewing How College Football Picks No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently Sen. Orrin Hatch doesn’t have enough real work to do so he’s convinced the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights to hold hearings on how college football<\/a> selects the number1 team:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series.<\/p>\n

The current system “leaves nearly half of all the teams in college football at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to qualifying for the millions of dollars paid out every year,” the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights said in a statement Wednesday announcing the hearings.<\/p>\n

Under the BCS, some conferences get automatic bids to participate in series, while others do not.<\/p>\n

Obama and some members of Congress favor a playoff-type system to determine the national champion. The BCS features a championship game between the two top teams in the BCS standings, based on two polls and six computer ratings.<\/p>\n

Behind the push for the hearings is the subcommittee’s top Republican, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. People there were furious that Utah was bypassed for the national championship despite going undefeated in the regular season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can understand how his constituants migh be furious that Utah was snubbed and want answers… But this type political theater is not an appropriate use of taxpayers money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apparently Sen. Orrin Hatch doesn’t have enough real work to do so he’s convinced the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights to hold hearings on how college football selects the number1 team: WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[551,552,553,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-1809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bcs","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-orrin-hatch","11":"tag-senate","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-tb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2409,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/15\/ap-key-health-care-senators-have-industry-ties\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809,"position":0},"title":"AP: Key Health Care Senators Have Industry Ties","author":"Jeff","date":"June 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I meant to post the story on Friday but I wasn't able to get to it so figured I'd lead off with today... 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