Bill would block Texas football teams from BCS [View All]

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Senate bill calls for national championship tournament.

By Mike Ward
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Texas' college football teams would be banned from playing in post-season championship games that are not part of a national playoff system under a bill filed today in the Texas Senate.

But the bill would expire Dec. 2, just before Bowl Championship Series bids go out, if a similar law is not enacted in at least four other states, most home to gridiron powerhouses.

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If at least four other states enact a similar law before Dec. 1, the law would stay in effect for Texas schools, according to the bill.

The other states are Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina and Washington.

While the deadline for filing bills in the Texas Legislature passed two weeks ago, the Senate today unanimously gave Wentworth permission to file the bill — along with several by other senators.

He explained it this way before the vote: "It has to do with the selection of bowl games."

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