[Husker] The fed bringing the hear on the BCS

[Greg Zimmerman]

Well said, Andy.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Smith <arossman at earthlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:17 PM
To: Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net>; husker at tssi.com; C Jolly <jocar26 at cox.net>; j j <jjj112665 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] The fed bringing the hear on the BCS

It amuses me how often people say they want the government to stay out 
of their lives while at the same criticizing the government for not 
doing more to address a problem.

On this specific issue, the government is not getting involved in our 
lives.  If our lives really revolve around the BCS antitrust issues, we 
have bigger problems than the government.  The government is simply 
following up on a request from a US Senator (an elected representative 
of the people) to review if antitrust laws are being followed.  They 
certainly have the constitutional right to determine if federal laws are 
being violated and if the Justice Department was to ignore a review 
request from a Senator, that would be a pretty dangerous precedent.

This issue is being blown wildly out of proportion.  It's almost certain 
that the time and attention being paid to this by the media and sports 
fans is greatly out of proportion to the time and effort being spent on 
it by the government, and whatever the government decides is going to 
have minimal impact on our lives.

Andy

Patrick Gaule wrote:
> On 1/30/2010 8:19 AM, David Strong wrote:
>> Yeah...I hear this all the time.  Someone always posts "don't they 
>> have better things to do?"  I'm pretty sure these guys can walk and 
>> chew gum at the same time...(if they want to.)  I'm all for anyone 


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