As I said weeks ago. This level of incompetence, especially when it's compounded by inconsistent and arbitrary application, needs to be eradicated. It's to the point where there is only one option - revolt.
Iowa needs to immediately take this to the court of public opinion. Hold a press conference for the sole purposes of exposing and attacking the ineptitude, hyprocrisy and bias of the NCAA, telling it to f-off and inform the college football nation that Drew Ott will begin full participation as a 5th-year student athlete.
Whadda they gonna do? Send in the suits to physically remove him from the practice / playing field? Imprison Ferentz & Barta? Oh, wait, not the dreaded "vacate the games" BFD! It's not like Iowa's gonna have some monster season where those 7 or 8 W's mean so much in the record books.
Iowa could be the flag-bearer of the revolution and the talk of the town. They would inspire every talking head and media outlet to call the entire bureaucracy of the NCAA into question. Hawkeye Nation would grow, exponentially, if for no other reason than to follow / support the anarchy. This leads to every game being televised to serve those eyes. If the NCAA tried to step in and bully the networks or the B14, you now not only have imputed bias, you have a civil case of blatant, targeted discrimination.
Here's the catch - The Iowa Athletic Administration & Sports Marketing Department would have to grow a set and execute the plan. That's not entirely hopeless but is an enormous obstacle.