Congress is made up of people, some of whom are football fans. I can’t see why they might have the authority to change the BCS but I can see that fans who hate the system would change it if they could.
Apparently, not very many members of Congress are involved at this point. ”...only three members were doing the speaking, and two of them—Barton and Green—were representing the great football state of Texas with gusto. Committee chairman Bobby Rush, D-Ill., was the only other representative there to ask questions.” http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4122741
They are from the commerce, trade and consumer protection subcommittee, so since college football bowl games are big business I can see how these guys might figure they have the “duty” to look into the situation. “The proposed legislation Barton was threatening doesn’t call for a dismantling of the current system; rather it’s designed to prevent the BCS from advertising its final game as the national championship, arguing that it’s a violation of the free trade act.”
Since I don’t really care about college football all that much I can’t see that Congress should be meddling with the system, but my husband has very strong opinions about the matter.