The annual handwringing about the number of bowl games combined with the soon-to-be annual pearl clutching when three of about 5,600 bowl-bound players opt out of playing in lower tier games hasn’t exactly elevated the national college football discourse. It has, however, produced one great idea.
This is simple and brilliant. In fact, it is so simple and brilliant that it’s difficult to imagine the schools—who traditionally like to create as much red tape as possible—passing an NCAA rule that would allow redshirting players to play in their team’s bowl game without losing a year of eligibility. But it would be excellent.