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College Football Commissioner: Is one needed and who would be best?

By Michael Collins

Dec 6, 2015; Grapevine, TX, USA; The college football playoff selection committee deliberates on Selection Day at the Gaylord Texan Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 6, 2015; Grapevine, TX, USA; The college football playoff selection committee deliberates on Selection Day at the Gaylord Texan Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /
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Houston Dynamo General Manager Oliver Luck and NASA astronaut Jane Higginbothum before the start of the Houston Dynamo against Chicago Fire on April 29, 2006 at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Dynamo wore the Virginia tech colors to honor the 32 students and faculty that were murdered. Chicago won 1 to 0. (Photo by Thomas Shea/MLS)
Houston Dynamo General Manager Oliver Luck and NASA astronaut Jane Higginbothum before the start of the Houston Dynamo against Chicago Fire on April 29, 2006 at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas. The Dynamo wore the Virginia tech colors to honor the 32 students and faculty that were murdered. Chicago won 1 to 0. (Photo by Thomas Shea/MLS) /

No. 1: Oliver Luck – Executive Vice President (Regulatory), NCAA

As much as we all love to pound the NCAA, there are actually some good and qualified people among their ranks, and Oliver Luck is at the top of that list.

Luck – who has a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law – is a former West Virginia and NFL quarterback, and father to former Stanford and current Indianapolis Colts QB, Andrew Luck. He was league president of the former World League of American Football (later rebranded as NFL Europe) and president of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo.

In 2008, Luck was appointed to the West Virginia University Board of Governors, and took over as athletic director in 2010, and he also served on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.

In December 2014, NCAA president Mark Emmert announced that Luck would take a newly created post as executive vice president for regulatory affairs, placing him in charge of all national office regulatory functions, including academics, membership, eligibility, and enforcement.

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Luck’s track record of success at West Virginia, where he helped orchestrate the move to the Big 12 and successfully negotiated a 12-year, $86 million multi-media deal with IMG, speaks for itself, and he has become a highly respected name in college athletics. He would be a solid choice to lead college football into the next era.

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