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It's back. Mmmm, Cheap Seats except tackling UFC 1. Which has Jim Brown doing color! Simultaneous thoughts: "why?" and "how did you get friggin' Jim Brown?"

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A large survey. ESPN surveyed "over 200 coaches, players, and administrators" about where college football is going. Upshots:

• A healthy majority (60%) of respondents think football should no longer be under the NCAA umbrella at all.
• A whopping 80% characterized NIL as a "black-market pay-for-play system that is being used to secure recruits and transfers," which means Michigan is in a small minority of naïve teams. Also it's a gray market—not explicitly prohibited but of murky validity.
• 75% say tampering is a problem that needs to be addressed, which is essentially impossible right now.
• A third of respondents favor a 12 team playoff model; another third favor eight teams, with other formats taking the remaining third.
• Only 15% endorsed lifting the one-time transfer restriction, about which more in the next bullet.
• Also relevant to next bullet: 88% of respondents believe direct player compensation is on the horizon, with a majority expecting it within five years.