Yeah, I think I'd prefer the change that bowls don't count towards your redshirt.
Even that said PURELY FROM A FAN STANDPOINT, NOT FROM A PLAYERS FAIRNESS STANDPOINT, I've come back a bit on that.
Initially it seemed great, as a way to balance kids not playing. But I realized that's great... for your team. I'd be interested to see MSUs true freshmen. Maybe a conference opponents QB. Other than that? Don't care. Turn on a random bowl and Iowa decides to roll with three true freshmen on the OL to get a look at them? I'm turning that off. LSU decides to out in their true freshman QB on a potential game winning drive to see how he handles adversity? I don't care.
So I'm not sure that helps "save" the bowls as much as I initially thought. I actually think it makes me less interested in every non MSU bowl if the teams treat them like NFL preseason games. Particularly because it'll also damage bowl pools, if you can't even rely on how seriously a team will take a game, and that's what gives me a rooting interest in a good number of games, just like the bracket pools in March. I'm guessing Vegas wouldn't like the change either.