There should be no appeal process at all, just let the AD decide. Take heavy handers like Pat Bosco out of the equation.
There should be no campus involvement whatsoever with athletics, remove all current members of the K-State Athletics Inc. Board of Directors that are employed by the academic side of the university and replace with outsiders, preferably major boosters. The K-State Big 12 Faculty Rep should only be given to someone who acts solely as a mouthpiece of the athletic director. Academic organizations seeking recognition at K-State athletic events should be forced to pay the full rack as any other commercial advertiser would be asked to pay. No athletic department employees shall serve any dual roles as advisers, consultants, faculty members or staff et. al. of the university itself.
The Athletic Director shall remain a permanent voting member of the University President's cabinet into perpetuity, and shall hold voting roles on all relevant University boards/bodies.
We want a university the athletic department can be proud of.