Supports and their place in the "Meta" (aka State of the Support Address)
Let's talk about the Support role, shall we?
Disclaimer: I main Support. Only made Silver 2 last season (and started last season) but this is more for your input, not mine.
The Meta (defined as; the role structure that the vast majority adhere to most of the time because it is the tried-and-true method that works more often than not) places one player in the bottom lane which we aptly name Support, because his job is to give as many resources as possible to the Carries so that instead of having 2 mediocre players you have 1 really weak one and 1 very strong one. If you play by this, it means you are starved of the gold and items which other players enjoy. Because you are so weak and poor, you also get the duty of buying the weak items which would waste gold/space/stats on the remaining powerful players; that would be vision and other utility items.
Questions for the audience;
Do you find being the weakest member of the team enjoyable? (not considering the benefits of the role, or if you play an atypical supp that takes kills and CS)
Is the item pool for Supporting constricted due to lack of item paths? (such as by actives you want with stats you don't, too much CDR making you pass up a 3rd or 4th item for something else, or simply too expensive)
If Riot were to take a look at the role, would you ask them for improvements for you/your support, or would you prefer they leave alone/nerf it so it remains where it is?
My own input; I think there is far too much CDR on items I'd like to pick up in games that run late. If I run, lets say Leona, and I want Frozen heart because they have 3 strong AA based champs, things like Zeke's Herald is already off the table and possibly every other CDR item as I likely will have Locket and FotM too. Can't use +10% Masteries for early 0 item CDR or it'll get wasted too. I have an idea. Give the tier 3 Support gold items another bonus; CDR surpassing 40% contributes to another bonus, such as Movespeed.
You have 1 option for vision; both a Sightstone which you'll probably never upgrade til full build plus a Sweeping Lens which you will definitely upgrade early. I don't mind buying those, it's my job. What's annoying is that Sightstone has 1 upgrade option which you often don't care about. I mean, come on, an item you don't want to upgrade? What's with that? Give it some build paths that a support would like; nothing the jungler cares about though. Don't need to buff Lee Sin.
About being gold starved; well, if Supports had some nice options that others wouldn't use (like junglers) and they weren't expensive, I wouldn't mind if Zhonya's and Banner of Command couldn't be one of my first 3 items. How about the support gold items modify your Summoner Spells depending on what enchant you put on it?
How about it? Give Support the jungle rework treatment, or let it stagnate as what many typically believe to be simultaneously the most boring and the most stressful role?
. I upgrade my 
once, get my 
, then start building like a mid lane mage. Better heals, more damage, and the fact that the enemy team sees me as a double threat means they make stupid plays trying to kill me instead of the actual carries.