Posted on 05/26/2009 10:49:04 AM PDT by BGHater
A congressman said he plans to investigate testimony from Alamo Bowl executive director Derrick Fox at this month’s Bowl Championship Series subcommittee hearing after learning that Fox might have exaggerated by millions of dollars the amount bowl games donate to local charities.
Fox,while representing all 34 bowl games during his appearance on Capitol Hill on May 1,claimed in his argument against a playoff that “almost all the postseason bowl games are put on by charitable groups” and “local charities receive tens of millions of dollars every year.”
In fact, 10 bowl games are privately owned and one is run by a branch of a local government. The remaining 23 games enjoy tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, but combined to give just $3.2 million to local charities on $186.3 million in revenue according to their most recent federal tax records and interviews with individual bowl executives.
“That doesn’t seem like something that’s really geared toward giving to charity, does it?” said Rep.Joe Barton (R-Texas) after being presented with Yahoo! Sports’ findings.
“It’s perjury if it’s knowingly said,” Barton said of the sworn testimony, which he called “misleading.” “It’s also contempt of Congress.You’ve got to give [him] some sort of due process, but ultimately the remedy is to hold [him] in contempt of Congress on the House floor or send it to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution of perjury under oath.”
Barton,the ranking Republican on the subcommittee and a playoff proponent, did caution that in today’s political climate there is no certainty that charges of perjury or contempt would be filed even if the investigation found wrongdoing.
Fox said in a written statement the “tens of millions of dollars” testimony was “a good faith estimate based on information initially supplied by the FBA [Football Bowl Association].”
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Congress has more important things to do than get involved with college football...but it IS a “do nothing” liberal Congress...
ping.
I’m sure then the DH must be next on their agenda....
Not Barton again...
I agree that they had no place in college football but if this guy lied to congress that is a big deal..
Yeah, sort of appears that way, he was a big part of the hearings on the BCS recently. I don’t know much about the guy other than what I’ve seen with this story.
I tried finding where his district is on Google Earth, but your state is kind of big. ;)
He represents an area that covers Fort Worth, Arlington and on south through several counties but no other major cities.
Congress needs to let this go, and quickly.
Ah, okay, I found his district just after I saw your message. So who is this guy, is he a RINO or is he more of a Ron Paul type? (Not to cast any aspersions toward Dr. Paul, but I know a lot of people don’t like him.)
I don’t really know him - not my rep.
He’s generally one of the good guys. He may be carrying water for TCU (which I think is just outside his district) on this one.
ROFLMAO.
Thanks for the comment, I needed a good laugh tonight. Heaven forbid someone would lie to Congress!!
Talk about the pot calling the kettle............... well you know what I mean.
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