- ABC News
- July 26, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS -- Iowa's Kirk Ferentz, the nation's longest-tenured FBS head coach, said Tuesday at Big Ten media days that he's as concerned as he's ever been about the path college football is on right now. "I think we're in a really precarious place," said Ferentz, entering his 24th season as Iowa's head coach. "There's just a lot of vagueness, a lot of uncertainty. We really don't have a firm structure. We don't have a basic set of operating rules. I don't think anybody right now can really explain the NIL [name, image and likeness policy] in detail, what you can and what you can't do. I know you can't entice recruits, but it sure seems like maybe that's going on a little bit. There's just a lack of overall clarity." Ferentz, who turns 67 on Aug. 1, said college football desperately needs one stabilizing voice to oversee the sport. "We need some intervention, and then my bigger concern is: Who's going to do it, right? Where's it going to come from? Where's that...