Your new bottom line, "Hold at Home, Block on the Road" has to to one of the all-time best.
Your observations may be correct. Here is mine, the owners of College Football will not allow putting any restriction on recruiting.
I just finished reading a biography of Thomas Paine, (Nelson). So many great quotes. Paine was furious that Washington had done nothing to get him out of French prison during the Terror, and accused Washington of using his presidency to enrich himself and his allies at the expense of his former veterans and the country at large. Paine proclaimed: "Monopolies
(NCAA) of every kind marked your administration
(Mark Emmert) almost in the moment of its commencement. The lands
(college football) obtained by the revolution
(National Championship) were lavished upon partisans
(See Below) the interests of the disbanded soldier
(Student Athlete) was sold to the speculator
(ESPN); injustice was acted under the pretense of faith; and the chief of the army
(College Presidents) became the patron of the fraud."
To no surprise, sports apparel and equipment is the most active category in college athletics. Led by Nike, Adidas and Under Armour, the category has more than 80 deals across Power Five conferences and schools, the NCAA, College Football Playoff and Bowl Games.