Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw also agreed that the plans would make "significant changes", particularly the plans to replace the common law defence of "fair comment" with "honest opinion".
But in January, the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, agreed with other EU justice ministers to consider a key-escrow policy, which would allow law enforcement agencies access to the computer codes used to scramble information.
The 11 conference commissioners in the Bowl Championship Series and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick last month agreed to explore the possibility of a four-team playoff, which would be a first for major-college football.