How to Fix of College Football Part II

This is the Part II of my piece on some suggestions on how to fix College Football

 

How does this get fixed?  

Someone in Charge. The first thing that must be done immediately is getting a new sherif involved. Someone in charge of the portal/NIL process (My suggestion would be Nick Saban) . Then he must have an advisory council around him representing the Four Power conferences. Then add a representative from IAA, DII & DIII.

Regulations on The Transfer Portal. The Transfer Portal has to have rule to give order to it. Right now, there are no guardrails on the Portal. Here are some suggestions

1. A player can only use the portal only once. This is Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel’s third school. A player can transfer more than once but must sit for a year after the first time.
2. No representative from another school is allowed to poach a player,  suggest a player enter the portal or even initiate contact with a player. An agent can only be used only AFTER a player has transferred.
3. The Transfer Portal opens when the season is over. No player can enter the portal during the season. If a player opts out of a bowl game or playoff game he can still enter the portal but must sit for a specified number of games.
4. No contact or coercion of a student athlete by schools or agent, it must be the student athlete’s idea. Any violation of this principle will result in reduction of transfers allowed.

Controlling NILs. The purpose of the NIL was to reward a player whose name, image & likeness was used to make money, so he could be compensated. However, that has been turned into promised money as an inducement to attend a particular university. This in turn has created bidding wars that are worst than the NFL. Here are suggested solutions.

1. A player may only negotiate an NIL AFTER he is enrolled in a University.
2. A player may only receive the NIL money at the end of the season.
3. A coach cannot suggest to a player he should enter the portal, the player should initiate a move into the transfer portal.
4. A player must be academically eligible to receive a second round of NIL money. Education should still be part of the process.
5. If a player opts out of a game, he forfeits NIL money unless he’s legitimately injured.

Enforcement. A college football czar should be the person in charge of handling claims of cheating, tampering, and circumventing the process. He will have is Coaches Council for advisement. The penalties should be harsh early to make a statement. If a repeat offender list their portal privileges, that would send a powerful message.

These are just some thoughts to start to a process of corralling this mess before it gets away completely.

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