Last week something came out of Congress that in a parallel situation a few years ago provoked outrage from certain corners of the news media. Why is that any of their business? Don't they have anything better to do? But this time, those voices are silent. Yes, it is time to take on that bastion of the media.........................sportswriters and sportsvcasters.
A few years back Congress had hearings on steroids in baseball. Besides the discussion about steroids themselves, the overwhelming majority of sports writers, columnists and talking heads decried Congress taking up this matter.
Recently Congress again entered into the sports world by holding hearings regarding the BCS system of producing a champion in college football. This time no outrage about Congress investigating something that shouldn't matter to them. Just discussion of the arguments. Of course, the congressional committee was hard on the BCS people and seemed to support a playoff system. Wow, the same opinion as that held by the majority of the sports media. You don't suppose there's a connection, do you?
Amazing. Because the tone of these congressional hearings lined up with the majority opinion in the sports world, it wasn't a waste of time in their eyes. Even though the economy is still in the tank.
If I had to choose, I would rather have Congress investigate steroids than the BCS because the former potentially impacts impressionable young athletes all over the country. The type of system college football has to determine its national champion affects who again?
Some in the sports media like to say that we who decry steroid use are "hypocritical" without saying exactly why. If they excoriate Congress for holding hearings on the important issue of steroids, but don't on the important issue of the BCS, who is the hypocrite?
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