This week, the Senate Judiciary subcomittee’s Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) pushed for hearings to ‘rectify’ the fairness of the BCS system. Why are our elected representatives involved in things like the Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada, and now the BCS? Don’t we have more pressing matters to address?
After months of hearing doom-and-gloom over the housing issue, corporate bailouts at tax payer expense and a weakening dollar, I had high hopes that our elected officials were burning the candle at both ends to fix this country’s economic problems and address the growing budget deficit. But sure enough, Senator Hatch and his colleagues have put yet another sports issue on the docket–this time to ‘rectify the situation’ as it pertains to antitrust concerns over the BCS.
It’s like being given a traffic ticket while there are murderers & rapists running around on the next block. Wouldn’t time be best spent catching those guys?
Frankly, I find watching sporting events as a distraction from the 6 o’clock news of murders, job losses, a shrinking economy, and corporate bailouts. When I watch ESPN, I want to see a monster dunk, a clutch grand slam, or a game-winning catch. Usually, the worst news on is that some stupid GM signed a no-name .220 hitter for $8 million, that Plaxico Burress shot himself in the foot again or a powerhouse college football program is under NCAA investigation.
The last thing I want to see is a ‘highlight’ of another congressional hearing with athletes in suits being grilled by some jock sniffing Senator.
Our tax dollars hard at work!
