Does college football need NCAA to play sports? George Kliavkoff, Pac-12 Commissioner, doesn’t think so. He also doesn’t believe he is alone.
“We must be realistic about the fact that football is a unique animal among other college sports and there are meetings that need to better coordinate and control the future of higher level college football. Must be, “said Kliavkoff. Athletic On Friday.
“I’ve talked to some FBS Commissioners and I’m amazed at the unanimous support for the idea among those who have discussed removing football rulemaking and football rule enforcement from the NCAA. 10 (FBS) Invest in an organization run by the Conference. “
Whether the model should be within the College Football Playoff — this is managed in addition to the 10 FBS meetings Notre Dame — Alternatively, Kliavkoff said he was uncertain at another similar governing body, led by one administrator but supported by representatives of all FBS leagues. He doesn’t know the feelings of a commissioner who hasn’t spoken yet, but he said he hopes the group will discuss this topic at the Commissioner’s meeting in Park City, Utah next week. Among the regular meetings is the CFP-specific annual meeting, which is attended by 10 FBS commissioners.
“It’s very difficult to have an industry association that represents more than 1,000 schools (across Divisions I, II and III) that operate in very different business models,” said Kliavkoff. “Previously, it was difficult to come up with a common set of rules that made sense to everyone. (The) Alston (Supreme Court decision)And after Alston came up with the rules and performed those roles in particular, it proved to be almost impossible.
“For me, it makes sense to give autonomy to smaller groups of meetings than the 32 meetings that currently make up Division I, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re separated from the NCAA. It’s not. You can do that within the NCAA, just as a conference was given specific autonomy for a specific issue (Power 5). “
Kliavkoff understands that enforcement of the rule requires an enforcement agency similar to the NCAA, and that the non-NCAA entities formed to manage football need a bureaucratic element. Said. He also said that the five conferences governing sports are “too small”, while the 32 conferences governing all college sports are “too large”.
“The way I think is: Except for media rights during the regular season, all controls related to college football are left to one organization: rule setting, rule enforcement, and postseason execution. “It will be done,” said Kliavkoff.
Kliavkoff is not the only one sharing this kind of emotion. Ohio Athletic director Jean Smith talked about the possibility that the CFP runs college football earlier this spring.When ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said last month He believes that: “It’s time to consider alternative models of football other than what we have now. If we’re going to do something — and I’ll take care of the future of football and football sports. I’m asking about — it’s time to do that. It’s time to do it when reorganizing structures like the NCAA. “
Philips is a member of the Division I Transformation Committee and is responsible for setting the future direction for Division I. While working on a particular rule change, you will eventually set the minimum requirements for DI membership. Consider who should govern what. People in the most resource-rich leagues have long criticized that they do not have enough in common with the least-resourced schools under DI and that not everyone is subject to the same rules and regulations.
“What are you doing in soccer sports?” Phillips said. “Do I need to manage it individually? Do I need a governance structure? These are the questions we should ask ourselves. And when I say football sports, I really have 10 FBS meetings and Notre Dame. These are meetings that state that we are working on this kind of resource. “
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