| Any diehard college football fan knows that the | | | | losses, there's no clear decisive winner," Obama said in |
| season does not get started until late October or early | | | | a 2008 interview. "We should be creating a playoff |
| November, when the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) | | | | system." |
| controversy takes center stage, and fans throughout | | | | Obama's playoff system would include the top eight |
| the country debate who the best teams are in the | | | | teams playing for the national championship over a |
| NCAA. | | | | three-week period. "It would add three weeks to the |
| Fans of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) will | | | | season. You could trim back the regular season. I don't |
| argue that they have the best conference and | | | | know any serious college football fan who has |
| therefore should almost be guaranteed a | | | | disagreed with me on this. So, I'm going to throw my |
| representative in the BCS championship game. Fans of | | | | weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do," |
| teams on the West Coast will argue that there is an | | | | Obama added. |
| East Coast bias when it comes to college sports, and | | | | Despite applauding the president's efforts to find a |
| that one of the Pac-10 teams should be considered. | | | | solution to the BCS controversy, I honestly believe the |
| Furthermore, fans of non-BCS teams such as Boise | | | | right thing for the president, and other politicians like |
| State and TCU will argue that their teams are not | | | | Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, to do is fix the problems |
| given a fair chance because of a failed system that | | | | that confront everyday American citizens, not end the |
| favors the big money conferences instead of the | | | | BCS controversy. |
| product on the field. | | | | We live in an era where politicians must find answers |
| However, the BCS controversy has reached epic | | | | to life-changing dilemmas such as climate change. |
| proportions as politicians from Congressman Joe | | | | Today's society must deal with soaring health care |
| Barton of Texas to even President Barack Obama | | | | prices and two deadly wars in the Middle East, so |
| have expressed their determination to implement a | | | | Washington would be extremely more effective if |
| playoff system amongst NCAA Football Bowl | | | | they dealt with the issues that will affect people |
| Subdivision (FBS) schools, ending the BCS controversy | | | | around the world for generations to come, than to fix |
| for good. | | | | something that is pure entertainment and holds no real |
| "If you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout | | | | significance to American life. |
| the season, and many of them have one loss or two | | | | |