Hatch vs. The BCS

It seems as though we have a new battle brewing in Sports and it is appearing in front of our very eyes. Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has been huffing and puffing about the illegality of the College Football Bowl Championship Series and it appears that all of the wind he's blowing has gained some traction.

There were some hearings held in Washington in front of the Senate Judiciary Commitee (which Hatch chairs) and some folks from Utah...in particular Mountain West Conference Anti-Trust attorney Barry Brett and University of Utah President Michael K. Young were very vocal.

The story from the Deseret News here .

More from Boston.com here .

Hatch is calling for the Justice Department to investigate and see if any Anti-Trust laws were violated. We can't say that we totally disagree with the idea, the BCS isn't really fair to anyone other than the so-called "Power Conferences", everyone knows that. The question is, why wait until now to say something? The BCS has been around for several years now, it is immensely profitable, the problem is the money isn't distributed evenly. We aren't lawyers here at OSG HQ, but even we can see that it is a flawed system that really isn't fair to everyone. Unfortunately until the College Football powers that are decide to go to a Playoff system that is fair, things will never change, Senate Hearing or not.

((Orrin Hatch Photo Courtesy: Senator Orrin Hatch?))