The possibility of a complete break from college football National Collegiate Athletic Association It has been debated and opined in the era of name, image, likeness and conference reorganization.
Should it come to this point, Penn State Nittany Lions Head coach James Franklin knows who he wants to fill the commissioner's position: Nick Saban.
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Penn State head coach James Franklin talks with an official during the second half against SMU in the first round of the College Football Playoffs, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in State College, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Barry Reger)
“I think one of the most important things we can do is have a college football commissioner wake up every morning and go to bed every night and make decisions that are in the best interest of college football,” Franklin said Sunday. Before the Fiesta Bowl, Via ESPN.
“I think Nick Saban would be the obvious choice if we made this decision. Now, Nick will probably call me tonight and say, 'Don't do this,' but I think he's the obvious choice, right?”
Franklin said having a commissioner would be the first and important step to start solving some of the issues that coaches and athletic directors have talked about over the past five years.
He even brought up canceling the conference title games and shortening the season while focusing on the academic calendar.
February 17, 2024; TUSCALOOSA, Alabama: Former Alabama Crimson Tide football coach Nick Saban looks back at a basketball game between Alabama and the Texas A&M Aggies at Coleman Coliseum. (Gary Cosby Jr. – USA Today Sports)
“Heaven forbid we have to talk about academics, right?” He added. “That's been the case in every conversation that starts with academics, and that's becoming less and less the case. Maybe I'm old school and maybe I'm traditional, but I still believe in the model. Instead of just saying this is a problem, I thought I'd make some recommendations, but I think one “The most important thing we can do is appoint a college football commissioner.”
They were college football coaches Particularly concerned With transfer gate and window open during bowl season.
“I feel so bad for our kids and kids across the country,” SMU coach Rhett Lashley said Tuesday. Via ESPN. “No other sport ever has free agency in the season. It's sad. It's terrible. You hear the story of the backup quarterback saying, 'I don't have a choice.' That's wrong. That's unacceptable. He shouldn't have to make that decision.”
“The really easy thing is you don't have a transfer window in December. That's the really easy answer, it solves all the problems. Why on earth are we putting kids in a position where they have to make a decision.” Do I transfer or play in the playoff? Do I transfer or play my bowl game?…' People are bombarding our roster, trying to pick people off our roster, and we're trying to focus on the playoff, so, yeah, it's real easy – you don't have a transfer portal in December, go to the spring “
Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca celebrates an interception touchdown with head coach James Franklin against SMU during the first half of a first-round NCAA college football playoff game, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in State College, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Barry Reger)
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