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Is it really the job of congress to regulate the rules of NFL football???

I am not saying that there is not a clear possibility of cheating and cover ups in the NFL, but is that really something that deserves tax dollars, federal investigations, and congressional hearings? With all the problems this nation has such as health care, the foreclosure crisis, social security, the war in Iraq, a nuclear Iran and North Korea, etc. why is our government spending so much time investigating baseball, steroids, and "illegal" taping of NFL games? The next thing you know, some congressman is going to call for an investigation into how NASCAR officials call a caution and millions of tax dollars will be spent on professional sports and regulating the rules of sports than dealing with issues important to this nation. Funny thing... I asked the same question in 5 different catagories, and NFL fans think I must be a Pats fan and that this nonense is worth spending billions of dollars investigating and wasting hours upon hours of time by congress. I guess I must have missed how the fact that the pats filmed games against NFL rules was a national security issue or was going to fix the economy. Oddly enough, if the NFL said taping was legal, there would be nothing to discuss. And the NFL did fine the pats and they admitted to it... but again, NFL fans on Yahoo Answers must have the tax dollars to throw away. I sure hope most of you don't make it to the polls this November.... now I know why we have so many morons in office.

Public Comments

1. yes it is. thanks for asking the question.
2. To put it simply: NO.
3. wow you must be a Patriots fan. Nuff Said.
4. Yes it is actually. The NFL is a big business that makes a lot of money for a lot of people. Them cheating and to what extent could have potentially effected a lot of people and money. I'm glad they are looking into it. Wrongs should be made right.
5. no its not and to the poster who said yes did you not hear the one rep yesterday say there was more important things then worring about things they had no bussiness being in during the steroids hearings?
6. Apparently congress thinks so. At least one certain Eagles fan that works in congress does.
7. It is now. Thanks for the pts.
8. Do you really think if they hadn't have spent the time and resources investigating this they would have been like "Oh well I think we should put this money into public health care costs"? The NFL is a billion dollar industry, if they cannot regulate themselves I guess the govt. steps in. If Microsoft was scamming billions of dollars wouldn't you expect some branch of the govt. to do an investigation?
9. no they should be out getting in sex scandals like they do best
10. Im not sure.
11. Um...NFL is not just a game but a huge business. The government has the right to regulate, supervise, and if necessary, take control of the free market economy. And if it weren't for them intervening, we wouldn't have known that the Patriots cheated since 2000. Goodell wouldn't have given us the full report and the truth if it weren't for the Congress.
12. Some people think it is because the NFL has an Anti-trust exemption. That is to say, if you suddenly received 20 Billion dollars, you could not simply decide to open have an NFL team, like you could decide to start a new cruse line. So they feel when these special concessions are granted it is the duty of congress to keep an eye on them. That said, any Congress man waisting his/her time and our money investigating the NFL should take a long slow drive across Iraq in an unarmored Humvee. If they had spend half the time they have spend investigating steriods in baseball making sure that our troops had good gear, or even better didn't get us into this mess in the first place we would all be better off.
13. Amazing how ONE Senator, out of 100 so a mere 1%, has a meeting and people think that is ALL Congress is doing that day. That isn't even all Specter was doing yesterday, oh and as ESPN pointed out his schedule included Veteran's affairs issue, State Privacy laws issues, and the mortgage issue toward the Elderly and poor. That is the great thing about our Congress, they can do multiple things in the same day. Oh and the War is just that a WAR, that means that it is up to the Commander-In-Chief to lead it. Last I checked the CIC is the PRESIDENT not a Senator. Want me to go on correcting you? Alright short answer is that the NFL is a Corporation. They are given an Anti-Trust Exemption by CONGRESS. He suspects something isn't right about this and so he wants to look in to it. If the NFL isn't running it's buisness properly, and we have reason to wonder, then there is reason to take the exemption from them.
14. Professional sports are a big-money business. It is the government's job to prevent anti-competitive practices in any large corporation. Had the SEC decided not to investigate Enron, imagine what corrupt business practices and financial losses would have continued.
15. Hey, we need equal time for America's two major past times: football and baseball (aka steroid club). You can't seriously think these guys in Congress are going to take their marching orders from the Constitution and tend to business when they can haul in ATHLETES and show off how much they know about the game, do you? Somewhere between forking over money for the "bridge to nowhere" and passing resolutions about whose special day it is you need a break and we all know sports is the best! And don't worry, with the energy issues and need for fuel efficiency and the rising popularity of NASCAR, its day will come--soon.