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Should Government Fix NCAA Football Cartel?
I should have a category called “Ass-hat politicians” because I really don’t know how else to classify this. Fresh from the government-has-solved-all-the-serious-problems wire, the NYT is reporting that a lawmaker intent on eliminating NCAA Football’s Bowl Championship Series in favor of a playoff compared the BCS to Communism. (As an aside: I’m curious what Barton thought of the de facto nationalization of banks like AIG and automakers like Chrysler?) Oh, the hilarity. Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas said Friday that efforts to tinker with the BCS are bound to fail. He told a House hearing that the BCS is like communism and can’t be fixed. — Lawmaker Compares Football’s BCS to Communism (5-1-2009) My first reaction is: it’s pretty clear that Barton has no fucking clue what communism is, because … Read entire article »
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