College Football 2011: Get Ready for Federal Takeover of Postseason

Get ready for the federal government to take over the way Division I college football picks a champion.

What's next?

Will the Obama administration take over the Miss America Pageant because Miss Rhode Island has never won?

Will they start producing the television show Family Feud because no Eskimo family has ever won that show?

And surely they'll take over the Olympics because no African country has ever won a downhill skiing medal in the winter Olympics.

It's clear that entities just can't be fair without the government involving themselves to assure everyone that things can be fixed by the government.

That's why the country is not in debt, Social Security works so well, the Post Office turns a profit and the country never spends more than it takes in.

This week, the U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to the NCAA asking them to explain why there isn't a playoff system as there is for other college sports.

I guess they want football to be ignored until the playoffs, just like college basketball. I guess they just want to water down the importance of the regular season. Perhaps they just want more games to bash the bodies of young men who are already beat up by season's end.

The current system may not be perfect, but it has not denied the best teams from showcasing their talent on a national stage in a BCS Bowl. As for being perfect in picking the best college team, not even March Madness does that for basketball. It just crowns the team that got hot at the right time in some cases, while others may have had injuries.

A playoff is not always the answer, neither is government intervention.

With the top eight teams playing the four BCS bowls could there be room for two more games from those teams who win them?

Maybe, but would it be a grueling undertaking for the teams? Of course it would.

Maybe you don't need a college degree or the government to teach you something you should have learned in kindergarten. Life isn't fair. Few things are. That's life, and in the end, football is just a game.

Let's quit trying to make imperfect things perfect and just enjoy them for what they are and in this case, it's entertainment.

But most of all, let the government find something a whole lot more meaningful to work on than how college football gives out trophies.