While I understand the dislike of the NCAA---people don't like the sports cops---doesn't someone have to make and enforce the rules? I just don't understand what people think college athletics should evolve into without a governing body of some sort. You want to start over with a new governing body? Fine, you will hate them just as much in two years. You want to have no governing body and let the inmates run the asylum?
A new governing body that has nothing to do with "amateurism" and college schooling is exactly what the sport needs.
The whole reason the NCAA got to the level of power it did was because it did so in the name of defending amateurism. Welp, there's no such thing as amateurism in division 1 football anymore. None. The NCAA can blow smoke up your ass all day long with a million reasons for the sanctity of college sports, but those days are loooooong gone, and they did it to themselves.
The NCAA could've avoided this whole mess by compromise, but it wanted to defend every dollar it made from the prying hands of the people who made the money in the first place. It could've said at some point, "College athletes may make up to $75,000 per season in endorsement deals/sponsorships/merchandise, etc" and been rational and solved the problem, but nope. They were too greedy. Take $200 from your hometown grocery store for doing a radio ad? We'll permanently pull your eligibility and ruin your career. F that, they aren't the ones who should be making or enforcing any rules, especially now that NIL is legal. The one single thing that the NCAA was designed to enforce and promote (amateurism) is obsolete and doesn't exist anymore.
I would love for 50-60 football teams to break away and say, F off NCAA, we don't need you to run our show. Get a governing body made up of equal parts football staff representation, college administration, and elected independents
WITH TERM LIMITS. No permanent employees. Draft a bill of organizational standards that are good for promoting the sport and sign on the dotted line as to how money gets divided up. Profit share with players. And partner with the frickin NFL. I hate NFL and don't watch it anymore except for checking out Iowa players, but the revenue and advertising power a partnership would bring would be huge.
Instead of being an antagonist organization just waiting to chop someone's head off for making money or failing an algebra class, be an organization that promotes success with financial opportunities.
I get it, the "rah, rah, rah, go COLLEGE!" letter jacket and pennant waving blue hairs would hate it because they're still brainwashed into thinking college football is sacred and holy. But that's not reality and we know it. Hasn't been since the 50s.
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