You’re the first commissioner of college football. What is your #1 priority to address?

[mtvols]

The NCAA has elected to have a college football commissioner. You have been elected the first commissioner of college football. What is your #1 priority to address?

 

[VolBricks]

I think the transfer portal is the first thing I "fix".
The NIL is state by state and is going to take an act of congress to fix/limit.
The Playoff is not in my range of things I can fix as I do not control it.
Conference realignment has mostly already happened and I am not sure I can stop it with my new "super" powers.
Rule changes in the game are needed around Targeting so that is probably the second thing I tackle.

 

[Special Ed]

Piss-poor officiating.

 

[mtvols]

I don’t like that players can transfer more than once in their careers. There should be a limit. JT Daniels just transferred to his 4th school. Roster management for coaches has to be a nightmare.

 

[Rememberthelate90s]

That I make the same as nfl commissioner.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I chose realignment, but only because I think each P5 team and conference should have the same schedule . Meaning every team should have the same # of conference games, the same # of P5 out of conference games, the same # of non P5 opponents, etc…I think w/ the CFP expansion coming up, teams like Michigan shouldn’t be allowed to have Hawaii, UCONN and Colorado St as their OOC opponents . There needs to be symmetry within the system so that some of the guesswork is eliminated when it’s CFP selection time. After that, I strongly suggest to conference commissioners that with the influx of big tv $ coming in, hire full time referees . Pay them competitively so that officiating is their only position and that they are full time employees of whatever conference they apply to ref in. Give them benefits, PTO the whole deal, but improve the deal so that these guys aren’t selling insurance or Rodan and Fields during the week and then calling the biggest game in college football each week.

 

[vols 30]

The playoff. Ditch the conference Championships(it will never hapoen). Expand the playoff to 16 and start it the weekend after the last regular season game.

 

[EtowahVol]

Fire the SEC comm. we got now. Too Pro Bama!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jackcrevol]

Bama.

 

[Volador]

Mandatory retirement for college football coaches should be 70. And, it just so happens that Saban is 71....

 

[1989Vol]

Kirby Smart is sent to the Gulag.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

The playoff. Ditch the conference Championships(it will never hapoen). Expand the playoff to 16 and start it the weekend after the last regular season game.

I would keep the conference championships but I would pair the regular season back down to 10 games. 8 conference games and 2 out of conference games. I would also require all out of conference games be against FBS opponents.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I would tackle the portal first. Here are the rules I would put forth...

1. I would narrow the transfer window down considerably. I would open it the day after the national championship game is played and I would close it for each school 2 weeks after their spring practice has concluded.

2. No player may declare they are entering into the transfer portal until the team they are currently with's season is done. No more of this quitting on your team mid season nonsense! If they quit then they must sit out a season before being eligible to play again.

3. Entering the transfer portal is a one shot deal. No entering the portal multiple times in an attempt to squeeze more NIL money. If you go in you'd better damn well be sure its with the intention to transfer!

4. Transferring for immediate eligibility is also a one shot deal. Once you transfer, youre done unless you want to sit a season.

 

[TAF]

IMMEDIATELY Abolish The NCAA!

 

[peaygolf]

1. Can The NIL.
2. revamp the playoff

 

[Unconditional Surrender]

I would tackle the portal first. Here are the rules I would put forth...

1. I would narrow the transfer window down considerably. I would open it the day after the national championship game is played and I would close it for each school 2 weeks after their spring practice has concluded.

2. No player may declare they are entering into the transfer portal until the team they are currently with's season is done. No more of this quitting on your team mid season nonsense! If they quit then they must sit out a season before being eligible to play again.

3. Entering the transfer portal is a one shot deal. No entering the portal multiple times in an attempt to squeeze more NIL money. If you go in you'd better damn well be sure its with the intention to transfer!

4. Transferring for immediate eligibility is also a one shot deal. Once you transfer, youre done unless you want to sit a season.

Boom.

 

[Stark_Vol]

I would tackle the portal first. Here are the rules I would put forth...

1. I would narrow the transfer window down considerably. I would open it the day after the national championship game is played and I would close it for each school 2 weeks after their spring practice has concluded.

2. No player may declare they are entering into the transfer portal until the team they are currently with's season is done. No more of this quitting on your team mid season nonsense! If they quit then they must sit out a season before being eligible to play again.

3. Entering the transfer portal is a one shot deal. No entering the portal multiple times in an attempt to squeeze more NIL money. If you go in you'd better damn well be sure its with the intention to transfer!

4. Transferring for immediate eligibility is also a one shot deal. Once you transfer, youre done unless you want to sit a season.

Is #4 not the rule already?

 

[VolPack22]

I say rule changes to decrease roster sizes and create more parity. The transfer portal would not be as much of an issue if rosters were trimmed down and the top teams had to be more selective in recruiting instead of stockpiling.

 

[joevol33]

Piss-poor officiating.

Bingo

 

[VOLfrombama]

Piss-poor officiating.

This all day.

Implement a more stringent set of rules and grading system to hold these jokers accountable. Once they score below a certain percentage threshold, suspend them with pay. Multiple infractions result in suspending them without pay or firing them.

Host continuing education courses more regularly in the offseason and make them mandatory. Have a free-standing review board hear all complaints and publicly respond. Make the salaries more competitive with the NFL to attract the best talent you can afford.

Make more things reviewable and challenge-able. Let coaches challenge calls and have the crew chief and central office continuously review them. Have a separate crew dedicated to that role just like you have a crew watching for head injuries, reviewing TDs, etc.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Easy. Publicly release all conference reviews of the performance of the officiating crews. Transparency is owed the fans and the programs.

 

[zjcvols]

This is going to be a long post, so bear with me.

1) Conferences no longer consolidate power. I am Roger Goodell and while conferences may have some rules, I get final say (okay cool we had to do that).

2) 140 FBS teams, 10 conferences, no independents (**** out of here Notre Dame or go to FCS), 14 teams per conference. Sorry Texas, Oklahoma, USC and UCLA go back to the BIg XII and Pac-12 where you belong.

3) We are paying players. Through television contracts we are combining and making a pot. I don't have the full time to break down everything. But I'm sure between all the money conferences and schools makes I can find $1B for all 140 teams (The Big Ten is getting $1B/year starting in 2023 for example). Seems like a good starting point. NIL still allowed.

4) We are instituting a new referee policy. No more working at a law firm through Friday and officiating on Saturdays. Full time referees, three year contracts, 250K/year with full benefits in the P5 conferences, $150K for the Group of 5. You can also be referees in spring leagues/spring practices (so like the XFL) but no more of this two jobs nonsense. Insanity. Head of officiating takes a weekly press call answering questions for 30 minutes.

5) Any player can transfer at any time...however, P5 schools can only take 5 players and make them immediately eligible. This solves a ton of problems. If you want to take more players, they can be eligible next year. Grad transfers don't count. Group of 5 teams get 8 with grad transfers not counting.

6) 14 regular season games. 10 conference opponents. 1 game allowed against FCS schools in August (that way FCS schools get paid and P5 schools get an easy win). Must have 1 P5/P5 matchup on your schedule. No conference championships. The lack of conference championship money is offset by adding more conference games.

7) Playoffs: 12 teams, six automatic bids. Same format. First round games at higher ranked team's stadium. Top four teams get a $1M bonus since they don't get a home game. We will use the New Year's Six bowls as quarters/semis (except the Peach Bowl, we'll get there). We are limiting bowl games. Must have 8 wins to make a bowl. National title game is played on MLK Day every year in Atlanta.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Me in my new office on the first day

 

[NighthawkVol]

Anyone who chooses NIL regulation just became the last NCAA commissioner because you got the organization sued out of existence.

People need to stop believing this notion that NIL was something the NCAA invented for fun. The Supreme Court ruled on Alston in a 9-0 decision. States are falling in line. NIL is simply the NCAA’s way of adjusting its rule book to comply with the law, while making it look like it was their idea. It wasn’t.

 

[VolFaninFla]

I would tackle the portal first. Here are the rules I would put forth...

1. I would narrow the transfer window down considerably. I would open it the day after the national championship game is played and I would close it for each school 2 weeks after their spring practice has concluded.

2. No player may declare they are entering into the transfer portal until the team they are currently with's season is done. No more of this quitting on your team mid season nonsense! If they quit then they must sit out a season before being eligible to play again.

3. Entering the transfer portal is a one shot deal. No entering the portal multiple times in an attempt to squeeze more NIL money. If you go in you'd better damn well be sure its with the intention to transfer!

4. Transferring for immediate eligibility is also a one shot deal. Once you transfer, youre done unless you want to sit a season.

What about coaching changes?
Would you apply any of the above so that coaches must adhere to a set of rules also?