I wonder how many NCAA officials, committee members, commissioners, etc...have played the game of football? Because to me it sounds like they have no idea what emotion runs through the player about to score a touchdown, or the DE who makes an interception and takes it the distance; can they not understand how exciting, how awesome of a feeling that is and how uncontrollable that emotion is in the player? I mean, I haven't even played football and I have an idea as to how it would feel.
The NCAA is trying to take emotion out of a game that is run purely on emotion.
I could frankly more or less care about the eye paint rule. I can see one situation coming up and making this a huge controversial issue (esp. when you combine it with the second new rule). Say a player, whose dad was a big part of his life and has since passed away, dedicates his play in the game to his father. He can't put "For you, Dad" on his eye-black. Late in the game, his team is down by 3 and this is their last possession; he goes deep and catches a hail mary from the QB and takes it to the endzone...but on his way, he looks up to the heavens and points up towards his "father".
The referee throws a flag, not knowing the history of this kid, and the TD is wiped off the board; the game ends, and they lose.
What happens then?
The NCAA is taking the fun out of the game, taking the excitement, the emotion, the passion right out of the game.