Electoral College Football: Fans Should Vote in Title Game Participants

In December 2012, a little more than a month after we decide whether or not to re-elect Barack Obama for President of the United States, we should be sending our ballots in the mail once again. This time, we will ultimately get to decide who we want to invest four hours of our time for the right to play football on a Monday night in mid-January. That’s right—we should vote to decide who gets the right to play in the BCS National Championship game of FBS college football. Here’s what I propose. 1) First and foremost, we need to form an electoral institution . So without further ado, let’s just go ahead and exercise conventional wisdom and hand the duties to ESPN . An appointment of this magnitude would create thousands of jobs, which the World Wide Leader could subsidize (and eventually rake in profits) through months of advertising. 2) One big advantage behind the voting process is early registration . The voters can begin to register online well before the season ... (link)