Nerf-Coated World

Abolishing the BCS!

...via the mighty, fearsome power of the Texas State Legislature!

Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale, R-Tomball, has filed a House resolution urging the abolition of the BCS and its complicated formula that picks the teams for college football's biggest bowl games and crowns a national champion.

Even if it passes, the resolution would simply be an endorsement with no legal authority to dismantle the BCS.

So, er... make that power not so fearsome. But it's not like Van Arsdale is alone in his noble quixotic pursuit of reforming the contractually-agreed-upon system of selecting a national football champion from the 100 or so schools organized under the NCAA Division I conference:

Van Arsdale is simply following California's lead. The Republican leader of the California Senate has introduced a similar resolution in that state.

In that case, Sen. Dick Ackerman's dismay was understandable. A graduate of the University of California, Ackerman was upset that the BCS allowed Texas to bump the Golden Bears out of the Rose Bowl and take their spot.

Hm. If I were hilarious, like Ace (who does Top 10 lists) or Jeff (who does Top 9's), I'd do some sort of list right now...

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But since I'm only about half as funny as either of them on my best day, I'll wing it with a woefully inadequate Top 3:

Top Three News Stories Relating to Ridiculously Inappropriate and Overreaching Sports Bills In a State Government Near You, 2005:

3. In response to a proposed California House resolution that would require giving "equal time" to state university athletic sponsors, the anti-business Green party and socially conservative Republicans band together to oppose changing the name of the USC Trojans' Pac-10 rivals, the California Golden Bears, to the Calfornia Durex®.

2. A coalition of die-hard New England football fans doggedly lobbies the Massachusetts legislature to officially censure Philadelphia Eagles' wide receiver Freddie Mitchell, characterizing his pre- Super Bowl trash talk as "incendiary, inflammatory and irresponsibly un-Patriotic. Especially considering our nation is at war."

1. In a shallow act of retaliation for deserting the 2004 Miami Dolphins, Florida Governor Jeb Bush issues an executive order decreeing that Ricky Williams has enough marijuana in his system to be legally declared a Schedule I narcotic, whereupon he is subsequently confiscated and sold bodily at a state auction for $1750.00.

Posted by Matt at February 7, 2005 5:52 PM