I like sports. College football is one of my favorite things. Most college football fans suffer constant frustration regarding the inability of the college football power brokers to develop a playoff system. I know it frustrates me.
However, I personally do not believe this issue possesses enough significance for Congress to call two hearings! So, Joe Barton and Orrin Hatch cannot find enough to do with the economy, Iraq, Iran and Honduras on the table? Really!!
Here are some of my thoughts. First, stop wasting your time and my tax dollars grand standing!! Second, this article ably lays out why Congress does not have the ability to enact meaningful reform. So, why hold hearings unless you need yet another opportunity to look tough with your fake bravado and anger!
Finally, the BCS is a prime example of the haves getting their way while the have-nots get in line with the hope of securing a top tier bowl. In a battle of the haves vs. the have-nots, which side do politicians generally take?
This falls in the general category of anti-trust policy and anti-monopoly regulation. Once one buys into the idea that monopolies are static and 'bad', attempting to regulate the BCS becomes normal.
ReplyDeleteI tend to lean more in the classical liberal direction and agree with Schumpeter that monopolies are natural and not undesirable, since they are not permanent, and are always threatened to be 'creatively destructed'. That means - if some colleges do not like the BCS, let them form their own championship series and compete.