About CFGC
We Were Founded Because the Sport Required It.
The College Football Governance Council is the institution college football created to govern itself — purpose-built for enforcement, independence, and accountability.
Mission
Our Mission
To promote integrity, stability, and excellence in college football through unified governance, independent enforcement, and technology-driven oversight — ensuring that the sport's competitive and commercial ecosystem operates under clear, enforceable, and equitable standards.
Vision
Our Vision
To become the preeminent self-regulatory organization for FBS college football — recognized by conferences, institutions, athletes, and the public as the credible, independent authority responsible for maintaining fair competition, market integrity, and institutional accountability.
Founding Context
Why This Organization Exists
The House v. NCAA settlement created a $20.5 million annual revenue-sharing framework and established the College Sports Commission to administer it. The NIL marketplace — now exceeding $1.67 billion annually — operates with minimal standardized oversight. Coaching tampering complaints have increased 300% in three years. And the NCAA's own enforcement infrastructure — with major infractions cases averaging 18 to 36 months — cannot keep pace with a sport that moves in real time.
No existing body — the NCAA, the College Sports Commission, or any individual conference — is structurally designed to conduct neutral cross-conference enforcement. The governance gap is not an oversight. It is an architectural limitation. The CFGC was built to fill it.
Organization
What the CFGC Is
The College Football Governance Council is a 501(c)(6) Texas corporation trade association headquartered in Irving, Texas. It operates as a member-funded, independently governed body with a board composed exclusively of independent directors.
The CFGC is not a replacement for the NCAA. It is a purpose-built complement — designed to operate in the specific governance and enforcement spaces that no existing institution is structurally positioned to occupy.
Independence
Structural Independence
The CFGC Board of Directors is composed exclusively of independent directors — individuals with no active employment by any member conference, no current role in university athletics administration, and no material financial interest in any member institution.
This structural requirement is not aspirational. It is enforced by charter. Independence is not a principle the CFGC promotes — it is a condition the CFGC requires.
Values
Core Values
Integrity
Every action, investigation, and recommendation reflects the highest standards of honesty and ethical conduct.
Independence
Governance decisions are made free from institutional, financial, or competitive conflicts of interest.
Transparency
Processes, standards, and outcomes are documented and accessible to all affected stakeholders.
Technology
AI-powered monitoring and data-driven analysis form the foundation of modern, responsive governance.
Due Process
Every institution and individual subject to enforcement action receives written notice, the right to respond, access to evidence, independent arbitration, and the right to counsel.
Proportionality
Sanctions reflect the severity, intent, and impact of the violation — neither performative nor punitive beyond purpose.