3. Transfer Windows
Another major complaint we've heard the last few years with the elimination of players having to sit a year after they transfer is that there's too much player movement. Coaches have to constantly re-recruit their roster and it's driving a lot of coaches out of college football; or at least out of head coaching roles.
I personally like the rule that players don't have to sit out a year to escape a bad situation. With college football rosters changing so much year to year players are now able to find the best situations for themselves to grow and develop. But when you throw in that the main transfer window that takes place in the middle of bowl season when the best teams are too worried about winning their next game to focus on evaluating their roster or recruiting players, it makes the whole thing a mess. You can't move the window back to late January because players need to be able to enroll by the start of the next school semester in early January.
I have a really simple fix: eliminate the winter transfer window. Or at least bring back the sit-out-a-year rule for players who transfer during this time. This way every team is on an equal playing field when it comes to the offseason evaluation of their roster and recruiting the transfer portal. It also discourages player movement as guys would be coming into the team later on in the training cycle and have to work to catch up, and rewards players for sticking it out with their current team.
There would still be the NCAA exceptions where players could avoid the sit-out year while transferring in the winter when coming from schools that break NCAA rules or if the player graduates. But player movement would be down and coaches' lives would be simplified, and teams would be back on an even playing field regardless of post-season participation, all while not compromising the freedom of players to find their best situation.