Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, right, and BYU coach Kalani Sitake speak before a game, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Provo, Utah. | Rick Bowmer, Associated Press
College football in 2024 will look vastly different than in previous years, from sweeping conference realignment to the new 12-team playoff at the end of the season.
Off the field, change has come in the form of how the people who have made the sport so wildly popular — the players — will be compensated for their efforts outside of the usual tuition, books, housing and cost-of-living stipends that come with a college football scholarship.
“It is going to be dramatically different in the next two to five years. So it is just constant evolution, and it is not done yet, by a long stretch.”
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham
The sport is evolving so quickly that it is hard for the average fan to keep up, let alone coaches, and at least one veteran coach — Utah’s Kyle Whittingham — says that there are many more changes to come.
“We are at the tip of the iceberg,” Whittingham told the Deseret News on Monday at the annual Coaches Legacy Invitational golf tournament benefiting the National Kidney Foundation of Utah and Idaho.
“It is going to be dramatically different in the next two to five years. So it is just constant evolution, and it is not done yet, by a long stretch.”
In regards to the biggest change that will be noticed by the average college football fan — the expanded playoff, going from four teams to 12 — BYU coach Kalani Sitake said at the same event at Hidden Valley Country Club in Sandy that the bigger playoff will benefit the Cougars, even if they don’t appear to be capable of making it this year, as Utah is.
“We have a lot of work to do, I know that. But I like the trajectory that we are on. I like how the guys responded from last season…
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Author : Deseret News
Publish date : 2024-06-04 19:12:32
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