Government Expands Its Reach...

...by deciding that NCAA Division I-A (none of this Bowl Subdivision garbage) should have a playoff:

The Georgia House voted 151-9 Friday in favor of a resolution urging the NCAA to create a playoff system for college football.

"The only major sporting event without a playoff system to identify its true champion that I know of is NCAA Division 1 football," said state Rep. Quincy Murphy, D-Augusta.

That's great, thanks for your input. And when exactly did government get the idea that they should determine how sports are run, as well? (Oh yeah, the anabolic steroid thing.) But why the Georgia legislature?

Georgia was ranked fourth in the BCS entering the last week of the season, behind Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio State. When Missouri and West Virginia lost, Georgia did not rise to second behind Ohio State but dropped to fifth in the BCS. Southeastern Conference champion LSU vaulted from seventh to second.

The Bulldogs went on to rout previously undefeated Hawaii 41-10 in the Sugar Bowl.

Hmm...I'm beginning to suspect that these public servants are not as disinterested as they came off at the beginning. Well, at least they aren't making outrageous statements that are obviously motivated by some sort of personal issue.

The resolution, which now goes to the Senate, calls the BCS system "the greatest disappointment of the 2007 college football season."

Well, I mean, that seems reasonable to me. Now let's see the ingenious plan that our plucky crew of Southern pols has concocted:

"The only sensible way to determine a national champion in any sport is to develop a playoff system that allows teams to meet on the field," the resolution reads. "The fans of college football deserve a true national champion to be crowned after winning the title on the field of play and not in a popularity poll."

How long do you think it took their staffs to come up with that one while the assemblymen were out on the porch? Ahh, the swift justice of quick legislation. By the way, it's good to see that there's nothing else going on in Georgia as serious as the fact that their team got totally hosed by not being crowned the national champions after not even playing in their conference championship.

And so, another problem solved by the government. A little pandering to the electorate here, a little haste and overreaction there, and voila! the Georgia State Assembly lectures the NCAA about their football policies.

At least that stuff never happens in Washington.

(From Rivals.com)