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Gov. Jeff Landry called the current state of college football "a complete mess" in an op-ed published on Christmas Eve and called for the federal government to create a centralized governing body and unified media rights.

In the piece, Landry said he recently learned just "how broken" college football's current system is when he "was pulled into LSU's football program."

"I learned way more than I ever wanted to know about how college football operates and frankly, the way the sport is run is a complete mess," Landry wrote.

The governor criticized the rules surrounding NIL, the transfer portal and the college football calendar. He pointed to bidding wars over players and the disadvantages teams face when losing a coach late in the season, even referencing his role in LSU's recent poaching of head coach Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss.

"But to those critical of LSU's coaching search and my role in it, I say: don't hate the player, hate the game! We did what we had to," he wrote.

Landry also accused the sport of lacking "basic business sense," alleging it loses billions of dollars each year that taxpayers eventually foot the bill for.

The governor's solution is a centralized governing body in charge of running college football smoothly while preserving conferences and sacred rivalries.

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LOYAL AG said:

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The biggest thing they can do to "fix" college football is change the calendar.

The National Championship Game on Jan 10th.
One week portal window opens Jan 11th.
Return signing day to first Wednesday in February.
Second portal window first two weeks of April.

That alone would end midseason firing of coaches because the need to have the new coach building next year's roster would trump the need for that guy to coach his current team in the playoffs.

The rest we can figure out after next year starts at the end of this year.

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Not bad ideas but do the P4 conferences want that?

Get Off My Lawn said:

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Disney or the Fed; not sure which I trust least with the future of college ball.

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Good point.

Funny how government thinks another part of semi government/nonprofit/educational is jacked up. Apparently there is nothing wrong with Louisiana government……….

aggiehawg said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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The biggest thing they can do to "fix" college football is change the calendar.

The National Championship Game on Jan 10th.
One week portal window opens Jan 11th.
Return signing day to first Wednesday in February.
Second portal window first two weeks of April.

That alone would end midseason firing of coaches because the need to have the new coach building next year's roster would trump the need for that guy to coach his current team in the playoffs.

The rest we can figure out after next year starts at the end of this year.

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Not bad ideas but do the P4 conferences want that?

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Probably not because right now the game is very heavily tilted in their favor.

man it's almost like he is describing the NCAA

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Screw that.

The federal government has about 1,827,416 things more important to deal with. However few things have the potential to make even more politicians wealthy than this

The problem is the combination of NIL and the ability of players to basically transfer at will. No amount of 'regulation' can infringe on a player's right to monetize their name, image and likeness. Government's involvement will only make it worse.

$75 million buyouts and coaches leaving when we they want even though their careers can span decades? Absolutely fine.

Players making a few hundred thousand, maybe a couple million and being able to play wherever they want when they only have 5 years to play 4? We need to get the government involved.

If you want the government involved, you must love government health care. They can't even solved the health care crisis.

Once they started paying players this was inevitable.

Government running college sports.

What could possibly go wrong?

TexasAggie73 said:

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If you want the government involved, you must love government health care. They can't even solved the health care crisis.

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The only "crisis" is that the govt ever got involved. Govt interference always....ALWAYS...worsens things.

I would have 3 national signing days. One in early August for Spring enrollees. February for Summer enrollees, and May for Fall enrolees. Portal windows would open the day after signing day.ls.

I'm all for the state government in Louisiana getting involved LSU football. The Texas state government getting involved in tu football and the Oklahoma state government getting involved in ou football. But stay the hell away from Texas A&M football. We can screw that up enough ourselves.

BigRobSA said:

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"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

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Exactly same thought I had..Ronald Reagan knew a little about the subject.

Is it me or did the head of the NCAA used to be more out there in the media and press? I can't remember the last time I saw someone from the NCAA holding a press conference.

So his solution to the mess that is the NCAA is to…
[checks notes]
…create the NCAA?

LOYAL AG said:

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The biggest thing they can do to "fix" college football is change the calendar.

The National Championship Game on Jan 10th.
One week portal window opens Jan 11th.
Return signing day to first Wednesday in February.
Second portal window first two weeks of April.

That alone would end midseason firing of coaches because the need to have the new coach building next year's roster would trump the need for that guy to coach his current team in the playoffs.

The rest we can figure out after next year starts at the end of this year.

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You're not wrong, but the early signing period originated from the demands of coaches. It was spun as a benefit to seniors in high school, but used to get early enrollment and lock down rosters early. Chickens coming home or something.

The feds just want a piece of the multibillion dollar pie that is "college" football.

FriskyGardenGnome said:

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LOYAL AG said:

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The biggest thing they can do to "fix" college football is change the calendar.

The National Championship Game on Jan 10th.
One week portal window opens Jan 11th.
Return signing day to first Wednesday in February.
Second portal window first two weeks of April.

That alone would end midseason firing of coaches because the need to have the new coach building next year's roster would trump the need for that guy to coach his current team in the playoffs.

The rest we can figure out after next year starts at the end of this year.

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You're not wrong, but the early signing period originated from the demands of coaches. It was spun as a benefit to seniors in high school, but used to get early enrollment and lock down rosters early. Chickens coming home or something.

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Oh I remember. Also remember thinking it was a terrible idea at the time. It's always made sense to me to finish this year, have whatever amount of player and coach transition you're gonna have, then start working towards next year. It would also keep kids from signing with a school that loses their head coach a week or two later. And it would fix the mess that was Penn State this year who signed two players in the wake of firing Franklin and not having anyone in place several weeks later.

Getting the government involved in anything is a bad idea. Full stop.

I actually trust Disney/ESPN even less to fix the problem. But…I definitely don't want government involved in creating the solution.

aggiehawg said:

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Gov. Jeff Landry called the current state of college football "a complete mess" in an op-ed published on Christmas Eve and called for the federal government to create a centralized governing body and unified media rights.

In the piece, Landry said he recently learned just "how broken" college football's current system is when he "was pulled into LSU's football program."

"I learned way more than I ever wanted to know about how college football operates and frankly, the way the sport is run is a complete mess," Landry wrote.

The governor criticized the rules surrounding NIL, the transfer portal and the college football calendar. He pointed to bidding wars over players and the disadvantages teams face when losing a coach late in the season, even referencing his role in LSU's recent poaching of head coach Lane Kiffin from Ole Miss.

"But to those critical of LSU's coaching search and my role in it, I say: don't hate the player, hate the game! We did what we had to," he wrote.

Landry also accused the sport of lacking "basic business sense," alleging it loses billions of dollars each year that taxpayers eventually foot the bill for.

The governor's solution is a centralized governing body in charge of running college football smoothly while preserving conferences and sacred rivalries.

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That article highlights what everyone with a pea brain knows about Louisiana and LSU in a nutshell. LSU, the people that run it, and that entire state is like Haiti with a dilapidated football stadium and a Walk-Ons bar and grill. At best. Blue tarp roof, corrupt, brisket thieving, ****hole of a Third World State, embedded in the continental US. It is a damn shame because most of the people I have met while there over the years seem genuinely nice, but their government is akin to a snake latched onto their veins simultaneously delivering venom and sucking out their lives.

Louisiana is the chocolate starfish of America south of Dallas/FW. Their twin state is Minnesota.

Both should get tossed.

Unfortunately the way this has ended up being ruled in the courts it literally is going to take an act of congress to put any actual rules in place.

It needs to be fixed but the last thing we want is the fed government involved . Go back to you have to sit out a year upon transferring would help. Maybe a salary cap would be worth considering as well?

Well, the current state of college football is a big mess, but I don't want the government anywhere near it.

Congress giving the NCAA teeth is the only way the genie can get put back in the bottle.