By now, almost everyone in the college sports world -- and many people outside of it -- has heard of a new project in the works under the auspices of the United States' President Donald Trump that would create a presidential commission to look into the "unwieldy landscape" of college sports.
Trump announced the commission last week, and the world has since learned it is set to be helmed by legendary retired college football coach and current ESPN College Gameday analyst Nick Saban and the Chairman of the Board of Regents for Texas Tech, Cody Campbell -- the latter is also the CEO of Double Eagle Energy Holdings and a major NIL player for Texas Tech.
The latest news on the commission came on Friday as Campbell and Saban met in person, and White House leaders have begun to "pool recommendations" for commission membership from those at "the power conferences, NCAA, and athlete groups."
And while that news doesn't include current plans to specifically bring any active coaches on board the commission for consultation or membership, it does take a step in that potential direction -- which is likely music to the ears of West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez, who pitched himself for a potential job on the commission earlier this week.
Rodriguez sat down with "Dusty and Danny in the Morning" on SiriusXM College Sports Radio this week, a program hosted by CBS Sports college football analyst Danny Kanell and ESPN college football analyst Dusty Dvoracek. And during their conversation, Rodriguez indicated a strong desire to play a role in the new commission.
"(If) they want an active coach to be on a deal, I’ll be on that sucker," Rodriguez said. And you know, I’ve got some experience. I could help from a current standpoint."
“And college football is such a great entity, it’s hard to screw it up, you know? I mean, you can do whatever you want, it’s still going to be that passion for your school and for that level of athletes. So we’ve done enough things to screw it up in the last couple years. I think we’re … going to start trending the other way and get it right and coach [Saban] will help that for sure.”