college football ARLINGTON, TX – JANUARY 12: Wilson footballs are seen on the field before the College Football Playoff National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium on January 12, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

College football games have gotten noticeably longer in recent years, and NCAA officials believe that the reason is that more teams across the country are passing the ball increasingly often, leading to more clock stoppages than ever before since the clock stops with an incompletion. And the NCAA reportedly has a plan to fix it.

According to Seth Emerson of The Athletic, NCAA coordinator of officials Steve Shaw has a plan to cut down the length of the games: restart the game clock after completions.

Shaw’s plan would be to treat incompletions like the league currently treats players running out of bounds – the clock initially stops when the play ends, but once the ball is set and ready to play, the clock re-starts. According to Shaw, that would cut the game time by about 10 seconds each time it happens.

But the college football world isn’t all that excited by this potential rule change, with many pointing out that it would save much more time if the networks would simply have fewer and shorter commercial breaks.

These changes aren’t official yet and haven’t even been formally proposed. But still, it’s safe to say that the college football world doesn’t agree with them.

[The Athletic]