It's a pretty simple solution.

The NFL has absolutely zero interest in starting a minor league system and other football leagues have all failed.

If players strike for pay, then let them boycott and just find willing D2 or JUCO players that want to play in the SEC while the D1 players sit and don't do anything while losing their scholarships.

The players have ZERO leverage to this. They just don't. Until another viable league that can compete with the NCAA comes into existence and actually makes enough money to pay players, then the players don't have any leverage.

Just let them strike. They'll only be hurting their own career. Not college football.