Orrin Hatch and the BCS

I heard today that within the next week or so the United States Senate at the behest of Utah Senator Orrin G. Hatch will conduct hearings into the B(owl) C(hampionship) S(eries) to determine if there are any anti-trust violations. Really? Can this be true? A Republican US Senator spending time on this when there are certainly more important things he could be doing.


Ok, lets start at the beginning. Last college football season the University of Utah Utes had what can only be described as their best season ever, going undefeated and beating some good teams along the way. When it came time for the "national championship game" the Utes were not invited. They did go to the Sugar Bowl and beat the Crimson Tide of Alabama. No small feat as the Tide were tough all season before falling a bit at the end. Some folks here in Utah were quite upset about the Utes not getting a shot at the big prize. But the way that the BCS was set up the conference that the Utes play in does not receive an automatic did to BCS games.

Starting shortly after the game we heard our Attorney General Mark Shurtleff start making noise about suing the BCS. It didn't last too long. I hope it was because folks let Mr. Shurtleff know that he was elected to prosecute criminals and not to use his office to pursue some personal grievance with a body that determines who plays in what college bowl games. Now Mr. Shurtleff has announced that he is running for the US Senate. Naturally not against Mr. Hatch, but against the other US Senator, Bob Bennett. Things that make you go "Hummm."

The way that I see it is at this time in our country's history that Mr. Hatch could make a better use of his time. Let's see what we can suggest. Oh, here's a good one, how about trying to block the confirmation of the uber-radical racist Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Or maybe figuring out a way to stop the president from spending more money than can ever be printed. Here's another one, fighting against universal health care, the nationalization of any more businesses and helping with the 2010 and 2012 elections so we can get the radicals out of office and return to some semblance of sanity.

I did send Mr. Hatch an e-mail voicing my concerns. I was a little more polite than I was here, but...............................I encourage everyone that feels the same way to also communicate with Senator Hatch and make sure that he hears you.

During the last six months Senator Hatch voted to confirm Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, Eric Holder as Attorney General and Tim Geithner for Treasury Secretary. Those have worked out well haven't they? Mrs. Clinton begging China to buy our debt and blaming America's drug appetite on the Mexican border violence, Mr. Holder calling America cowards on the issue of race and of course Geithner's complete incompetence.

If this is how Senator Hatch is going to continue to act then maybe it's time for him to think about retiring. After all at the end of his current term he will have been in the Senate for 36 years. I think I ranted earlier about term limits for every elected official, here is a perfect example.