Two Crazy Ideas to ‘Fix’ College Football

College football is facing challenges with its current structure, but it continues to generate significant revenue. Two proposed ideas aim to address some of these issues.

1. NIL-Incentive-Based Preseason Bowl Games: The proposal suggests moving traditional bowl games to the preseason. Teams would be selected based on their previous season’s conference standings, and sponsors would provide NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) incentives for the following season's players. This approach could enhance recruitment efforts and maintain player rosters, while offering valuable interconference data points for the College Football Playoff committee. However, logistical challenges include reworking existing nonconference schedules and organizing games for teams not eligible for bowls.

2. Region-Based Promotion and Relegation: Inspired by European soccer, this concept would involve geographic realignment of conferences and a promotion-relegation system linking Power Five and Group of Five conferences. The last-place team in a Power Five conference would swap places with a Group of Five champion. This