Ryan Day calls for stronger NCAA enforcement structure: ‘We’re sort of in purgatory’
While evaluating the current state of college football, Ohio State coach Ryan Day echoed a familiar cry among coaches. He called for a stronger enforcement system to make sure schools and programs follow the rules. Enforcement has been a key discussion point this offseason, largely around allegations of tampering.
But while the College Sports Commission launched last summer, its focus is on terms related to the landmark House settlement and revenue-sharing. The NCAA is then tasked with issues outside of the settlement, but lawsuits against its rules continue to mount. SUBSCRIBE to the On3 NIL and Sports Business Newsletter The legal issues are why Day admitted a new enforcement structure would be difficult.
But he also sees two directions college sports can go: a model similar to the pre- NIL era or one along the lines of the NFL . “The first thing is, wave a wand, is creating a structure that you can enforce rules,” Day told Kevin Clark on This Is Football when asked what he would change about college football. “Creating that.
That’s not easy. I understand. … Once we started going down this road of NIL, we have to go one of two ways, in my opinion: We almost have to go back to the way were before, or we need to go all the way towards the NFL.
“I think right now, we’re sort of in purgatory. Until we start to make some hard decisions and create that overall structure, we’re still going to be in this phase. But that, to me, is the No.