Cost of attendance: This was first on the list. Gene Smith said at Ohio State going to cost of attendance would be about an extra $3,600 for full-ride scholarships. Across the country the numbers differ, and Smith said he hopes the group of 65 is strong enough to allow each school to use its own cost of attendance number and be able to say "so what?" if some schools are higher than others. Smith said he "doesn't care" if another school has a higher cost of attendance and schools should be able to do what is needed.

Smith said Ohio State has already budgeted another $1.65 million a year to cover cost of attendance. Currently, the cost of all athletic scholarships is about $17 million per year. Smith said he thinks it may take a year, until the 2016-17 school year, to implement cost of attendance, but Ohio State would be ready to go if it starts next year in 2015-16.

• Health care: Smith specifically talked about long-term care of former athletes, which would include those problems related to concussions. But he also gave an example of an athlete breaking his or her leg in college and needing another surgery several years after college. The big schools could now cover things like that.

• Agent interaction: Smith talked about schools allowing juniors and their families to start interviewing agents. He envisioned maybe a week of agent days set up by Ohio State. 

• Decreased time demands: Smith said Ohio State has already formed a committee of coaches, trainers and athletes to talk about if the demands of their sports could be lessened. For instance, he talked about the football team maybe getting a full four weeks off after a bowl game, without getting in the weight room - time completely to the players.

• Paying for more things for athletes' families: Urban Meyer talked at the Big Ten Media Days about hoping schools could pay for the travel costs of families for bowl games. Smith talked about allowing more on official visits for recruits, including providing more tickets.