MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — On the one hand, what this new version of cash-infused college sports needs are rules that everybody follows.

On the other, they need to be able to enforce those rules without getting sued into oblivion.

Enter the College Sports Commission, a newly created operation that will be in charge of counting the money, deciding what a "fair market" deal for players looks like and, if things go well, helping everyone in the system avoid trips to court whenever a decision comes down that someone doesn't like.

With name, image, likeness payments taking over in college, this group essentially will become what the NCAA committee on infractions used to be — the college sports police, only with the promise of being faster, maybe fairer and maybe more transparent.

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