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Representatives Sponsor Bill For A Playoff System

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There's good news for Southern California, Utah and Texas college football fans and players unhappy with not being selected to compete for the national football championship tonight.

A pair of U.S. congressmen co-sponsored a bill in December that would prohibit any person to "promote, market or advertise" a postseason game as a national championship unless it is the final game of a postseason playoff system.

The bill by U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Joe Barton, R-Texas, was introduced in December, and has been sent to committee.

Fans, players and coaches who might prefer a playoff rather than the current Bowl Championship Series arrangement - selecting two teams to play in the title game through a combination of rankings by panelists and computer programs - would have to wait until Feb. 1, 2011, for the law to take effect if passed.

Ted Jackovics

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