FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington.
And the sporting world hasnāt collapsed,ā Emmert told AP.
It recommended the creation of the National College Football Association, an independent body to oversee FBS.
Major college football, the commission concluded, has created inequities across all NCAA sports and hinder the association's ability to govern equitably.
Emmert called the recommendation āexactly the wrong thing to do.ā He told AP he agrees football has "an outsized influenceā over college sports.