FBS athletic directors say college football will remain under NCAA if it's 'extremely streamlined'

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LEAD1, the group of FBS athletic directors, has agreed to keep Division I college football within the NCAA, if it can be streamlined moving forward. 

The annual fall meeting occurred on Wednesday with 105 of the 131 members of LEAD1 to discuss how to operate college football, which is the only sport the NCAA has governance over. 

"It was doubly reaffirmed today that the status quo was not acceptable, and that there was a strong, very strong preference for a model in the NCAA that is extremely streamlined and much less bureaucratic," said LEAD1 President and CEO Tom McMillen via ESPN. "That’s a lot of details to be worked out in that, but a much [more] streamlined governance within the NCAA. And if that can’t be accomplished, move it to the outside."

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The Clemson Tigers gather n the tunnel as they get set to take the field against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on January 4, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida.  (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

This is a change from what LEAD1 has been saying, which is that "schools with FBS football programs would remain part of the NCAA in all other sports except football." However, NCAA CFO Kathleen McNeely gave a presentation that showed her organization spends $65 million on things such as catastrophe insurance as well as legal fees. 

"The NCAA is the legal shield," she said. "It’s a substantial number. I don’t think everybody knew that."

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