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HR 3696 112th Congress House

College Football Playoff Act of 2011

Official title: To prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season NCAA Division I football game as a nation… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season NCAA Division I football game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a fair and equitable playoff system.

Introduced: December 16, 2011 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative law and regulatory proceduresFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Higher educationMarketing and advertisingSchool athletics
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Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Dec 16, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 16, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

College Football Playoff Act of 2011 - Prohibits promoting, marketing, or advertising a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) game as a championship or national championship game (or any merchandise that refers to the game as a championship or national championship game) unless such game is the final game of a single elimination post-season playoff system for which all NCAA Division I FBS conferences and unaffiliated Division I FBS teams are eligible.

Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Makes this Act applicable to any game that occurs after January 31, 2013.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 16, 2011
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Dec 16, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3696: College Football Playoff Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3696/
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"H.R. 3696: College Football Playoff Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3696/.
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H.R. 3696, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3696/.
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