Paul pointed me to the news that the United States Congress is going to hold hearings on the college football Bowl Championship Series. Wow.
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, charged with regulating Americas sports industry, announced Friday it will conduct a hearing on the BCS next week, after this seasons bowl matchups are determined.
There is a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee charged with regulating America's sports industry?! And so why are these hears necessary, exactly? Apparently:
Too often college football ends in sniping and controversy, rather than winners and losers, [Committee Chairman Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas] said. The current system of determining whos No. 1 appears deeply flawed.
SO?! Why do you care?! *sigh*
This wonderful news brought to me by Paul, who points out that Congress was doing a super exciting job of investigating steroid abuse in baseball not long ago. Jacob points out that at least one could make the argument that Major League Baseball affected "interstate commerce". :P