Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said FBS college football programs "need different rules" than the other NCAA sports.
Smith told ESPN's Heather Dinich on Tuesday teams competing for the College Football Playoff have a "different commitment" because of the 85 scholarships they can offer, and it should be treated as such, so he's been "throwing ideas out" to his fellow ADs:
"We [can] create our own rules, create our own governance structure, have our own enforcement, we have our own requirements, whatever that might be. ... That might be in the medical space, for example, if a student-athlete is injured and hurt in his or her senior year.