Friday, December 11, 2009

Playoff PAC

In class we talked a lot about political action committees which is defined in our book as a pressure group. Basically these PACs are groups who have a single mission and an idea. There job is to inform the public and pressure the government to notice the issue and do something about it. I found a website, http://www.playoffpac.com/Default.aspx, basically this is the home site for a political action committee who is pushing for the removal of the BCS and installment of a playoff system in college football. While learning about PACs in class i always thought of issues like abortion, healthcare, unemployment, etc. Never did i think i would see a PAC that was pushing the issue of the BCS. Not to mention that it is working. It is because of this pressure group that congress is now working on a bill to focus on removal of the BCS and the installment of a playoff system. I found it very interesting to see that a PAC can pretty much stand for anything and that with enough attention they can actually have their issue resolved. I urge you all to look at this website and see what they are all about. It is very interesting.

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