Greg, please just bite the bullet and move forward with your B1G commish partner with the following
Create a new league, outside the NCAA, with a new set of rules that make sense.
1. Every scholarship player gets a set stipend to live on outside of the scholarship and all the other amenities they have available to them, but it is not negotiable, not based on position or stats or starter or backup. A set amount. Period. Make it something that is affordable and also somewhat attractive to the players. Maybe $100K per year.
2. Portal windows are the months of January and July when the least football activity is ongoing. 1st transfer is free - play immediately. All subsequent transfers required sitting out a year, period. No exceptions, no waivers, no questions. No special windows for coaching changes either. Just January and July.
3. NIL money is paid out in February and August to the players who stayed and did not transfer. You transfer, you wait until the next payment window to get paid.
4. Teams must play at least 10 games against teams in the top division to qualify for the playoffs. If your old rival stays down in the NCAA you can play them but you’ll need at least 10 games against the big dogs.
5. inclusion in the new division is voluntary. Only those who can afford it and want to compete at that level.
6. Create a centralized scheduling method that optimizes strength of schedule across the board. You can play all your regular rivals but the remainder of your games will be scheduled for you to optimize SOS. If your rivals are weak, the rest of your schedule will be ranked teams. If your rivals are all tough, you’ll have weaker teams to fill out the schedule.
Create a new league, outside the NCAA, with a new set of rules that make sense.
1. Every scholarship player gets a set stipend to live on outside of the scholarship and all the other amenities they have available to them, but it is not negotiable, not based on position or stats or starter or backup. A set amount. Period. Make it something that is affordable and also somewhat attractive to the players. Maybe $100K per year.
2. Portal windows are the months of January and July when the least football activity is ongoing. 1st transfer is free - play immediately. All subsequent transfers required sitting out a year, period. No exceptions, no waivers, no questions. No special windows for coaching changes either. Just January and July.
3. NIL money is paid out in February and August to the players who stayed and did not transfer. You transfer, you wait until the next payment window to get paid.
4. Teams must play at least 10 games against teams in the top division to qualify for the playoffs. If your old rival stays down in the NCAA you can play them but you’ll need at least 10 games against the big dogs.
5. inclusion in the new division is voluntary. Only those who can afford it and want to compete at that level.
6. Create a centralized scheduling method that optimizes strength of schedule across the board. You can play all your regular rivals but the remainder of your games will be scheduled for you to optimize SOS. If your rivals are weak, the rest of your schedule will be ranked teams. If your rivals are all tough, you’ll have weaker teams to fill out the schedule.