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

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

  • Name Image Likeness (NIL) regulation

    Votes: 65 30.2%

  • The transfer portal

    Votes: 72 33.5%

  • The college football playoff

    Votes: 28 13.0%

  • Rule changes in the game

    Votes: 29 13.5%

  • Conference realignment

    Votes: 21 9.8%
  • Total voters
    215
#26
#26
Most of the NIL problems are paired with the transfer capability. Its like unlimited free agency and must be tightened up otherwise coaches will never really know where they stand on roster. Right now, players who are on the bench of any team are fair game for coaches with NIL backers.
 
#27
#27
I'm the commissioner? You mean ... I ... have authoritah?
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1) Caps on NIL.
2) Transfers must wait a year to play football at their new school. They can attend class, they can do whatever - but they cannot participate in athletic competitions for that sport for a year. Also known as "sanity." No more of this hot mess of "whatever they want, whenever they want it." And if you don't like it, then quit - go play in the CFL or something.
3) Sports betting on college football programming is grounds for termination of media contracts. ESPN and FOX can shut up about point spreads and "Vegas." Stop talking about wagering on college sports. It's inappropriate. It's crass. It ends.
4) ESPN College Gameday must be two hours. No more emotional sob stories. The old Big and Rich "Coming To Your City" must be the theme song. No more idiot celebrity guest pickers. David Pollack is banned. Every time Ohio State loses, Kirk Herbstreit wear a dress and sing "I'm a little teapot." The dress can be Ohio State colored, I don't care. But he must sing.
5) The College Football Playoff is done. Gone. I'm the commissioner so I can do whatever I want. No more playoffs. Get out of here with that NFL crap. Welcome back, College Football Christmas! Bowl week is reborn. Hallelujah. We're free.
6) Scholarships must be honored for four years (barring any violations of morality clauses or transfers, etc.) You can mark a guy off the active roster of 85 but you're paying his scholarship for four years either way.
7) All games kick off at either 12:00 noon or 3:30. No more evening kickoffs. All games play during the day. Woo fun.
8) I wish the man in the red hat well in his future endeavors.
9) Conferences must revert back to their 1996 membership lists and stay there. "You can't do that." Yeah but I can't do ANY of this, so what's the difference? Let me dream.
10) Finally, and more capriciously - no more artificial noise at football games. It's either your band or your crowd. Get loud.

Yay. This was fun. I feel better now. At least until I think about that damn South Carolina game again.
 
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#28
#28
I'm starting with basic rule changes that are easy to control such as players faking injuries and some other things.

Then I'm getting everything set up correctly with conference realignment. This will lead to the playoff and bowl season in general.

Once the framework is lade out the timing and rules around transfer portal and NIL can be straightened out. Some of this will be worked out over time, but some kids are going to end up costing themselves on rosters this year and next.
 
#29
#29
zjcvols said:
This is going to be a long post, so bear with me.



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.
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I have gone back and forth on the transfers thing. Honestly, you (or whoever) fills the role has some very tough decisions to make

Chief among them is "are we keeping up with this student-athlete charade or not"

If no, all bets are off. Basically what we have then is a semi-pro league. Schools would be wise to license their name and let someone else worry about it in all honestly.

If we keeping up with the student-athlete thing, even grad transfers could be a problem. It is theoretically possible to get a joke of an undergrad degree in the spring after ones second season. If one enrolled early, did all mini-terms+summer school-it could be done. Do we really want kids trying to rocket to graduation with a useless degree just so they can transfer freely. I mean, look at a guy like Josh Dobbs. Studied engineering. That's probably going to pay a much bigger dividend down the road than some guy getting a general studies degree just so they can be done with it.

I mean, statistics say 90% of college players never take a other meaningful snap after college ends after all


Only solution I can come up with is once you graduate-you are done (max of 4 playing years). Whether that takes 4 years or 3 years can be determined largely by the player. MAYBE-and a big MAYBE you allow each team to have 2-3 grads with eligibility remaining provided they have completed their undergrad at your school.

The whole thing is a rabbit hole man. Every time I think I have a solution, another problem pops up. No simple answers.[/QUOTE]
 
#30
#30
mtvols said:
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.
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Yes it is, If you go after a guy who has already been in more than one or two programs. I place much blame on coaches and admins for allowing this to happen. I call it poor management. I just don't think spending time and money on a guy with this tract record is good business judgment.
 
#31
#31
ANY player offensive or defensive players who lowers the headgear to display and make contact with the crown is guilty of targeting. Tired of offensive players getting away with delivering blows with their headgear and defenders cannot.

Make every PI/Pass Interference call reviewable.

An offensive fumble into the end zone recovered by the defense in bounds is a touchback. An offensive fumble into the end zone recovered by the offense in bounds is a touchdown.

An offensive fumble into the end zone which goes out of bounds unrecovered is a loss of down to the offense and ball returned to the 5 yard line unless it occurs on fourth down. If it occurs on fourth down the ball is considered a touchback and returned to the twenty yard line as a turnover.
 
#32
#32
I would make Rocky Top the official anthem of college football. And the Vols would never lose another game.

I’d be a tyrant! And volnation would love me!!!
 
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#36
#36
None of the above:
#1 priority, anoint Volnation.com as the only authorized college sport blog. All others suck anyway.
 
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#40
#40
Just make sure we don't make more silly rules and go the way of NASCAR. And make sure the clock always stops on 1st down and not let the "I got other stuff to do on Saturdays " crowd change the game for less football.
 
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#43
#43
1. P5 schools OOC schedule can only include 1 G5 school, the rest must be P5 and absolutely no FCS teams.
2. Keep the transfer rules with 1 caveat, schools can offer a 4 year ride and if accepted the player is there until they graduate or they sit out a year for transferring.
3. Full time officials.
4. Every team gets the same amount of post season practices as bowl teams. Playoff teams get more of course.
5. Baseball gets 22 scholarships.
 
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#44
#44
GregAmsler said:
Congrats. You just got the NCAA sued. The NCAA lost, likely via summary judgment. You’re now bagging groceries at Publix. Pick me up some beef tenderloin for Christmas dinner, wouldja?
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I'm not the NCAA. I'm the College Football Commissioner, as indicated by OP. I therefore have supreme executive power. Authoritah.

For my next act, I'm going to ban Beth Mowins from doing play-by-play on college football. My popularity will skyrocket. I will be enshrined in the College Football Commissioner Hall of Fame. There will be parades for me at every game, and the rose petals thrown at my feet will be, in a word, substantial.
 
#45
#45
Voltopia said:
I'm the commissioner? You mean ... I ... have authoritah?
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1) Caps on NIL.
2) Transfers must wait a year to play football at their new school. They can attend class, they can do whatever - but they cannot participate in athletic competitions for that sport for a year. Also known as "sanity." No more of this hot mess of "whatever they want, whenever they want it." And if you don't like it, then quit - go play in the CFL or something.
3) Sports betting on college football programming is grounds for termination of media contracts. ESPN and FOX can shut up about point spreads and "Vegas." Stop talking about wagering on college sports. It's inappropriate. It's crass. It ends.
4) ESPN College Gameday must be two hours. No more emotional sob stories. The old Big and Rich "Coming To Your City" must be the theme song. No more idiot celebrity guest pickers. David Pollack is banned. Every time Ohio State loses, Kirk Herbstreit wear a dress and sing "I'm a little teapot." The dress can be Ohio State colored, I don't care. But he must sing.
5) The College Football Playoff is done. Gone. I'm the commissioner so I can do whatever I want. No more playoffs. Get out of here with that NFL crap. Welcome back, College Football Christmas! Bowl week is reborn. Hallelujah. We're free.
6) Scholarships must be honored for four years (barring any violations of morality clauses or transfers, etc.) You can mark a guy off the active roster of 85 but you're paying his scholarship for four years either way.
7) All games kick off at either 12:00 noon or 3:30. No more evening kickoffs. All games play during the day. Woo fun.
8) I wish the man in the red hat well in his future endeavors.
9) Conferences must revert back to their 1996 membership lists and stay there. "You can't do that." Yeah but I can't do ANY of this, so what's the difference? Let me dream.
10) Finally, and more capriciously - no more artificial noise at football games. It's either your band or your crowd. Get loud.

Yay. This was fun. I feel better now. At least until I think about that damn South Carolina game again.
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Ok boomer.
 
#46
#46
hog88 said:
1. P5 schools OOC schedule can only include 1 G5 school, the rest must be P5 and absolutely no FCS teams.
2. Keep the transfer rules with 1 caveat, schools can offer a 4 year ride and if accepted the player is there until they graduate or they sit out a year for transferring.
3. Full time officials.
4. Every team gets the same amount of post season practices as bowl teams. Playoff teams get more of course.
5. Baseball gets 22 scholarships.
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You trying to kill FCS football?
 
#49
#49
Separate Group of five and power 5.
Each at end of year have a Sweet 16 run down . Division 1,2,3 all have playoff don’t see them going broke. Can be done makes it a whole lot easier. 70% of these bowl games are not evenly matched and end up in blowouts anyway.
 
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#50
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Voltopia said:
I'm the commissioner? You mean ... I ... have authoritah?
View attachment 525854
1) Caps on NIL.
2) Transfers must wait a year to play football at their new school. They can attend class, they can do whatever - but they cannot participate in athletic competitions for that sport for a year. Also known as "sanity." No more of this hot mess of "whatever they want, whenever they want it." And if you don't like it, then quit - go play in the CFL or something.
3) Sports betting on college football programming is grounds for termination of media contracts. ESPN and FOX can shut up about point spreads and "Vegas." Stop talking about wagering on college sports. It's inappropriate. It's crass. It ends.
4) ESPN College Gameday must be two hours. No more emotional sob stories. The old Big and Rich "Coming To Your City" must be the theme song. No more idiot celebrity guest pickers. David Pollack is banned. Every time Ohio State loses, Kirk Herbstreit wear a dress and sing "I'm a little teapot." The dress can be Ohio State colored, I don't care. But he must sing.
5) The College Football Playoff is done. Gone. I'm the commissioner so I can do whatever I want. No more playoffs. Get out of here with that NFL crap. Welcome back, College Football Christmas! Bowl week is reborn. Hallelujah. We're free.
6) Scholarships must be honored for four years (barring any violations of morality clauses or transfers, etc.) You can mark a guy off the active roster of 85 but you're paying his scholarship for four years either way.
7) All games kick off at either 12:00 noon or 3:30. No more evening kickoffs. All games play during the day. Woo fun.
8) I wish the man in the red hat well in his future endeavors.
9) Conferences must revert back to their 1996 membership lists and stay there. "You can't do that." Yeah but I can't do ANY of this, so what's the difference? Let me dream.
10) Finally, and more capriciously - no more artificial noise at football games. It's either your band or your crowd. Get loud.

Yay. This was fun. I feel better now. At least until I think about that damn South Carolina game again.
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Waiting a year to play is just wrong. Then coaches can’t coach for a year when they go to another University or to the NFL for that matter.
 
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