Yeah, congressional involvement is an interesting debate. I thought the baseball steroid hearings were a complete joke, since steroids wasn’t even a banned substance by baseball during the primary time in question. I still feel like the players were unfairly persecuted when the blame should have gone to MLB and the players’ union.

However, I have come to think that BCS hearings and congressional pressure are a good thing. It is a billion dollar industry likely in violation of federal anti-trust regulations. And, the BCS system does seem to inflict $ millions in damages to teams and conferences unfairly treated by the system, like the Pac-10 and Mountain West. Also quite interesting, it appears that the bowl defendants perjured themselves up on the hill:

http://sports-law.blogspot.com/2009/05/perjury-in-congressional-hearings-on.html

Apparently, Congress has historically held hearings on issues that worry the broader public, regardless of their substantive impact on our everyday lives. I support the hearings on the BCS, but thought the baseball hearings were a travesty:

http://hnn.us/articles/12127.html

He must be talking about Sam Gilbert