re: So back to this Women's soccer vs Men's soccer debate

Ehhh. It's like watching championship and the EPL. Yeah the quality isn't the same, but in some ways the drop off only makes the sport more enjoyable compared to the polished perfection of the higher league. Plus the more localized rooting interest of a college allows for better rivalries and more connections in a lot of instances. I mean there's 8 NFL teams in the entire SEC/Big 12 footprint, and that's counting Carolina/Jacksonville which barely are, compared to 24 college teams. Yet you still have an incredible array of talent and players who are better than 99% of anyone else who ever played.

The championship has players and teams who do well the very next year in the epl. College football has players who have huge impacts the very next year in the NFL.