Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) takes the ‘C’ out of the BCS this Wednesday in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  Read the full story here:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/71005-house-committee-to-mark-up-college-football-bill

Consistent with the Sports Fans Coalition’s agenda, the markup of Rep. Joe Barton’s measure introduced in January of 2009, The College Football Playoff Act of 2009, “would ban promoting, marketing or advertising a ‘national championship game’ unless the game is part of a single-elimination playoff tournament like the National Football League playoffs, lest college football’s governing body be held in violation of Federal Trade Commission truth-in-advertising provisions.”

We wholeheartedly support Representative Barton and Senator Orin Hatch (R-Utah) in their efforts to continue to apply pressure on the NCAA, BCS, and all the Conference and University Presidents who resist change for fear of losing their slice of the BCS pie.  We support their efforts to expose the injustice for the benefit of the sports fan.