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Barack Obama, JD Biography |
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44th US President |
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Pro to the question "Should College Football Replace the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)
with a Playoff System?" |
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"Any sensible person would say that if you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season and many of them have one loss or two losses - there's no clear, decisive winner - that we should be creating a playoff system... It would add three extra weeks to the season. You could trim back on the regular season. I don't know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this... I think it's the right thing to do."
60 Minutes, Nov. 16, 2008
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to sports policy. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to college football legislation. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
44th US US President, Jan. 20, 2009-present
US Senator (D-IL), 2005-2009
Democratic Party Nominee for United States President, 2008
Former member, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Former member, Foreign Relations Committee
Former member, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Former member, Environment and Public Works Committee, 2005-2006
Former member, Illinois State Senate, 1997-2004
Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1996-2004
Attorney, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, 1993-2004
Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1992-1996
Community Organizer, Chicago, 1985 |
| Education: |
JD, Harvard University, 1991
BA, Political Science, Columbia University, 1983 |
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Born on Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI |
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