3.0.0 7330 2018-11-21T21:31:03Z 2018-11-21T21:31:03Z House H HR 2008-12-10 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-12-10T15:01:50Z Supports the establishment of an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system in the interest of fairness and to bring parity to all NCAA teams. 110 1120 HRES 2008-04-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2008-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-12-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2379) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000213 Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] JOE BARTON R TX L. 6 N R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2008-12-10 True S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2008-12-10 True M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2008-12-10 True Commerce Administrative procedure College sports Deceptive advertising Education Federal Trade Commission Football Government Operations and Politics Higher education Independent regulatory commissions Law Marketing Sports and Recreation Commerce 00 2008-12-10 Introduced in House 2008-12-24T20:56:05Z College Football Playoff Act of 2008 - Prohibits promoting, marketing, or advertising a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game as a championship or national championship game (or any merchandise that refers to the game as a championship or national championship game) unless such game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system for which all NCAA Division I FBS conferences and unaffiliated Division I FBS teams are eligible.

Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Makes this Act applicable to any game that occurs after January 31, 2011.

]]> College Football Playoff Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced College Football Playoff Act of 2008 Display Title College Football Playoff Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season NCAA Division I football game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a fair and equitable playoff system. Introduced in House 2008-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7330ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7330ih.xml 2008-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.