HRES1011119th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the structure and governance of the Football Bowl Subdivision postseason should prioritize broad-based athletic opportunity, financial sustainability for college athletics, and competitive balance, and that innovative proposals to expand broad based postseason participation-such as proposals advanced by Coach Mike Leach-warrant serious consideration to mitigate anticompetitive effects in top-division college football.
Sponsored By: Representative Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
Introduced
Summary
A push for a broader, bracketed FBS postseason to expand access. This bill would promote rethinking college football’s postseason and revenue rules so more teams play for a national title while protecting student-athlete welfare and competitive balance.
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- Student-athletes and smaller programs: It urges postseason formats that give more teams a meaningful late-season path, including 16-, 32-, or 64-team bracket ideas, so fewer programs are shut out of championship play.
- Competitive balance and conference finances: It calls for evaluating revenue rules that concentrate payouts. The College Football Playoff currently uses a 12-team field, access has been tightly concentrated, and the SEC and Big Ten each receive about 29% of CFP base distributions while Group of Five conferences get about 9%.
- Financial sustainability and system-wide value: The resolution cites data showing many programs run deficits, notes bowl participation often incurs losses for about 70% of public FBS colleges, and highlights projections that roughly $16.7 billion of an expected $20.9 billion in FY2032 athletics revenue could flow to 54 top public programs, arguing broader packaging could unlock $4–$7 billion in added value.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Cosponsors
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