Subcommittee OKs college playoff bill

**wisecav13SWH** · December 9th, 2009, 01:55 PM

WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress had more pressing matters on its plate.

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**burton2019** · December 9th, 2009, 02:14 PM

glad to see they are working on important issues

**Biggin** · December 9th, 2009, 07:25 PM

Congress is waisting time working on FORCING the NCAA to have a playoff, which is absurd by itself.

I cant believe this.
Its like steroids in baseball, they waste time on stupid trivial sports instead of real issues.

Its also nuts that they could actually force the NCAA to have a playoff. What is it to Congress?
People are all for it, but Congress has no place to try and tell the NCAA how to run its season.

**PVVikings2006** · December 10th, 2009, 01:36 PM

The NCAA doesnt even control the BCS if no one knows this by now. The bowls are run by a separate entity that is not even run by the NCAA.

Postseason football needs NCAA control - NCAA.org

**Jason** · December 10th, 2009, 02:13 PM

If it works then I am for it.

**MikeJones** · December 10th, 2009, 02:29 PM

Im glad they got all the important issues with our country fixed. Im for a playoff. Im more for Government sticking to important issues.

**Jason** · December 10th, 2009, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by MikeJones

Im glad they got all the important issues with our country fixed. Im for a playoff. Im more for Government sticking to important issues.

The more impostant issues of this country will never be resolved. If the Government would stick to more important issues and actually do something about them then I would be with you. I give up on our Government years ago.

**VHSLhelper** · December 12th, 2009, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by wisecav13SWH

WASHINGTON -- A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress had more pressing matters on its plate.

I don't think that's what they're "actually" doing, although that IS what they're driving at.

My understanding is that they can't call it a championship game unless a playoff system is used.

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**wisecav13SWH** · December 12th, 2009, 03:18 PM

Yeah its a mythical national championship right now. I'm sure if there is gunna be a playoff system in FBS it'll be awhile before its actually put in

**VHSLhelper** · December 13th, 2009, 02:29 AM

no duh. On their own, it'll take a while to come up with a plan that gets a majority vote. If Congress is involved, it won't happen until Bristol Palin is old enough to run for prez.