Everyone in the world except the bowl coalition cartel wants this. Everyone I have ever talked to wants this. So what has to happen. Joe Barton has to happen. Joe Barton [R-TX6] and crew have created H.R. 390: College Football Playoff Act of 2009 and this is the just the beginning. Here is the meat of the bill which hopes to let the best teams play it out on the field.
College Football Playoff Act of 2009 - Prohibits promoting, marketing, or advertising a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game as a championship or national championship game (or any merchandise that refers to the game as a championship or national championship game) unless such game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system for which all NCAA Division I FBS conferences and unaffiliated Division I FBS teams are eligible. Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Makes this Act applicable to any game that occurs after January 31, 2011.
(Courtesy of govtrack.us)
I thoroughly applaud Joe Barton and company. Show your support as these gentlemen attempt to right the ship in college football and bring the sport what is has always needed - A Cinderella Story.
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The next step in the process has the bill going to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Then, with a little luck, it will go to the full House of Representatives.
President Obama has made it clear he wants to see real change in this arena, and I agree with him. This is long overdue. The sport would benefit greatly from a playoff. It would ultimately take the debate out of the board room and let the players play and decide it out on the field.
