Lost in a lot of news involving war and Easter was an executive order signed by Donald Trump on Friday limiting college sports transfers to a one-and-done basis.

If one guy from one party does something in this politically charged environment, usually the Pavlovian response from the other party is to oppose it.

However, this is something I can get behind as a college football fan. Heck, as a college sports fan.

It should be a bipartisan issue.

There are three starters on both Michigan and UConn in Monday night’s championship basketball game who have played not at one, not at two, but at three schools. That’s ridiculous on its face value.

While the Executive Order probably won’t survive a court challenge, a codified version of the order through legistlation might and that’s probably the only way to save college football now.

At least for schools like Temple.

That’s something both Democrats and Republicans can get behind.

Say, if this gets passed as legislation, one transfer per five years can end a lot of this craziness. Back in the “old days” the fact that athletes had to sit out a year if they transferred pretty much made that kind of thing a rarity.

Under this proposal, a second transfer would be allowed after earning a four-year degree and that would be OK with me. This transferring every year should stop. It won’t end the other crazy element of college football–play-for-pay–but it will stop the musical chairs aspect of college sports we see every transfer portal season.

Also, Incarnate Word has a starting quarterback, T.J. Finley, who will be in his seventh year this season with is seventh team. Finley is giving a middle finger to the NCAA rules as is now, meaning there are no rules.

Everybody who plays or played any sport knows that there should be rules and they should be followed. That means both off the field and on the field.

We’ve always had on-the-field rules. For the last decade, we’ve had very few off-the-field ones.

That needs to be fixed or we risk losing all of the fans from half of the 134 FBS football schools.

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