Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has introduced a bill to Congress that, if passed into law, would eliminate the BCS and replace it with playoffs for college football.  You know the BCS really sucks when  the United States government is ready to intervene.

The bill does not specify what type of playoff would be put in place, but it "will prohibit the marketing, promotion, and advertising of a postseason game as a 'national championship' football game, unless it is the result of a playoff system. Violations of the prohibition will be treated as violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice."

The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Illinois) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas). With at least one representative from each major political parties behind the bill, one has to wonder if the the bill will be voted on along party lines, along gender lines or along fans-of-teams-who-benefit-from-the-BCS lines.

Only time will tell what will be the outcome of this unprecedented sports bill.  The good news though is that Obama has already taken a pro-playoffs stand.