Senator Wants to Hack Up College Football’s BCS

As if Congress doesn’t waste enough of taxpayers money and time, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has implored President Barack Obama to launch a Justice Department investigation into college football’s Bowl Championship Series.

Hatch wrote in a 10-page that the current system, “artificially limits the number of nationally-relevant bowl games to five. The result is reduced access to revenues and visibility which creates disadvantages to schools in the non-privileged conferences.”

In the past, the president has addressed his opposition to the current college football system in favor of a playoff system. The White House and the Justice Department have not comment on the senator’s letter.

Sure, Hatch has a point but with more important issues like the economy and health care still on the table, launching a costly, time consuming investigation into an internal sports issue seems a bit trifling and should be low on the Senate’s list of priorities. Not surprising, we suppose.