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Paper No. 16 — The New Order: College Football After Reform
Why the sport needs something like a constitution—not ceremony, but structure.
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Paper No. 15 — Implementation and the Path Forward
How the system transitions from theory to reality—and what must occur for reform to succeed.
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Paper No. 14 — The Settlement Problem
Why college football’s future will require negotiation among schools, athletes, conferences, courts, Congress, and professional football.
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Paper No. 13 — The NFL and the College Game
How the relationship between professional and collegiate football shapes incentives throughout the sport.
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Paper No. 12 — Economics, Alignment, and the Future of College Athletics
How football’s separation could reshape non-revenue sports, restore regional competition, and stabilize the broader collegiate model.
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Paper No. 11 — The Cultural and Institutional Case for Preservation
Why the traditions, regionalism, and emotional continuity of college football justify the effort to govern it more carefully.
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Paper No. 10 — Eligibility, Development, and the Professional Pathway
How a coherent system for eligibility, transfers, scheduling, and professional advancement could reduce instability while improving both player…
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Paper No. 9 — Compensation, Contracts and Competitive Balance
Why a sustainable system of athlete compensation requires enforceable agreements, negotiated constraints, and a structure capable of balancing mobility…
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Paper No. 8 - A Constitutional Structure for College Football
The most plausible framework for a lawful, durable, and competitive system of college football governance.
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Paper No. 7 — The Mechanism
Why a durable system of college football governance will likely require negotiated structures, shared authority, and some form of collective…
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Paper No. 6 — The Legal Framework
Why any durable system of college football governance must operate within, rather than attempt to avoid, existing legal constraints.
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Paper No. 5 — The Institutional Interest
Why the current system’s short-term advantages mask longer-term instability—and why institutions have reason to prefer a more structured framework.
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