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How long until major college football is just openly a minor league?
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:15 am
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:15 am
1 The student-athlete moniker has been an absolute farce for football and basketball at major schools for about 30 years. I realize this is still a reality at the majority of schools though.
2 There's no reason to force these dudes to be in school to begin with. A guy doesn't want to be in class and only wants to play football shouldn't be forced to take college chemistry to play football.
3 Now that they can get paid by third parties, staying in school as long as you want is economically viable.
4 The NCAA has increasingly less enforcement power with every passing year, to the point where major college football soon will have no reason to have them at all.
So if the schools don't need them to be athletes and the athletes don't want to be students, the fans keep watching either way, and the players can get paid by collectives as long as they're in school, is there any reason to doubt that at some point major college football programs will just toss the NCAA, drop the student-athlete facade, and players will start having 10-15 year careers with their schools?
2 There's no reason to force these dudes to be in school to begin with. A guy doesn't want to be in class and only wants to play football shouldn't be forced to take college chemistry to play football.
3 Now that they can get paid by third parties, staying in school as long as you want is economically viable.
4 The NCAA has increasingly less enforcement power with every passing year, to the point where major college football soon will have no reason to have them at all.
So if the schools don't need them to be athletes and the athletes don't want to be students, the fans keep watching either way, and the players can get paid by collectives as long as they're in school, is there any reason to doubt that at some point major college football programs will just toss the NCAA, drop the student-athlete facade, and players will start having 10-15 year careers with their schools?
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Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:16 am to Thundercles
About 20 years ago
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:19 am to Thundercles
It basically is a minor league with NIL.
And they're getting paid better than MLB.
And they're getting paid better than MLB.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:23 am to Thundercles
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2 There's no reason to force these dudes to be in school to begin with. A guy doesn't want to be in class and only wants to play football shouldn't be forced to take college chemistry to play football.
Fine.
There's also no reason for them to have the name of said university on their jersey either. They should have ZERO affiliation to a school if this is the route.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:24 am to Thundercles
In 5 to 10 years we’ll have a Major College Football League (MCFL) comprised of the B1G and SEC with about 40 teams between the 2 of them, to do their own thing basically away from the NCAA umbrella.
The rest of college football will evolve into a minor league of sorts. The rest of college sports will maintain some level of amateurism and more reasonable conference alignments.
The rest of college football will evolve into a minor league of sorts. The rest of college sports will maintain some level of amateurism and more reasonable conference alignments.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:25 am to Thundercles
What you described at the end sounds horrible.
Shockingly, these players create a lot of value for themselves by attending class for 3-4 years and earning a degree.
I know this flies in the face of the current cultural narrative surrounding college athletics in general, and CFB in particular, but it’s still true.
Shockingly, these players create a lot of value for themselves by attending class for 3-4 years and earning a degree.
I know this flies in the face of the current cultural narrative surrounding college athletics in general, and CFB in particular, but it’s still true.
This post was edited on 2/17/24 at 9:27 am
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:26 am to Thundercles
I would like to know how long the NCAA can enforce the 4 year eligibility rule. I think when that gets challenged in court, it will fall too.
Then you could conceivably have some players playing 7-10 years who are getting paid a nice sum but still aren’t good enough for the NBA. All they would need to do is be enrolled in the college taking some course
Then you could conceivably have some players playing 7-10 years who are getting paid a nice sum but still aren’t good enough for the NBA. All they would need to do is be enrolled in the college taking some course
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:27 am to Thundercles
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2 There's no reason to force these dudes to be in school to begin with. A guy doesn't want to be in class and only wants to play football shouldn't be forced to take college chemistry to play football.
Except everywhere isn’t the same. If you can keep one class of universities playing just themselves to level the playing field that’s what needs to be done.
Otherwise if LSU does one thing and someone else does actually have legit students, they shouldn’t be expected to play each other for a common championship
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:30 am to Thundercles
At the end result of this, I would rather watch the NFL than a half-arse minor league.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:34 am to Thundercles
Everyone projects the top QB and WR 5 star life on all football players…its not like that for 99.5% of the players. NIL is good, the transfer portal is good…you just have to let it be. Most football players want an education.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:56 am to Thundercles
They break away from the actual colleges in less than 15, pay for the rights, and give back to the colleges.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 10:58 am to Thundercles
Minor league? No
Developmental league? Yes. That’s what it has been all my life.
Developmental league? Yes. That’s what it has been all my life.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 11:23 am to Thundercles
When basketball and baseball do
Posted on 2/17/24 at 11:33 am to Thundercles
Soon I hope. Let the schools pay minor league teams that aren't even students until fans wise up and see that's what's been going on for a couple of decades. It's time for the NFL to pay for their own minor leagues. ESPN can show those minor leagues instead of showing 40 bowl games.
They can have club teams of actual students also playing. Hopefully people will start to care more about following the students, and minor league teams will go by the wayside, unless the NFL supports them like they should.
Around the year 2050 colleges can start secretly recruiting the most talented students away from each other until it gets to this point again. I'm calling for a restart to the system.
They can have club teams of actual students also playing. Hopefully people will start to care more about following the students, and minor league teams will go by the wayside, unless the NFL supports them like they should.
Around the year 2050 colleges can start secretly recruiting the most talented students away from each other until it gets to this point again. I'm calling for a restart to the system.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 12:08 pm to Thundercles
I think college football will crumble inside of 20 years. As the associations with the schools and their traditions become less and less, the passion of the fans is going to go away. Once that drops to a certain level, the money is going to dry up.
Of course, that was always the ultimate goal of the race-baiters and do-gooders who clamored for NIL and the transfer portal - the destruction of the sport.
Of course, that was always the ultimate goal of the race-baiters and do-gooders who clamored for NIL and the transfer portal - the destruction of the sport.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 12:28 pm to Thundercles
This was the inevitable end game when this became a zillion dollar business rather than a sport.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 3:29 pm to Thundercles
This happened when Arden Key gave LSU 2.3 years before heading pro
Posted on 2/17/24 at 4:21 pm to Thundercles
Don’t you already have Division I-A and Division I-AA and Division I-AAA football in the college ranks.
You could say there is a minor league in the college ranks, and maybe some Division I schools could form an alliance or a farm system to move players up. But the transfer portal sort of kills all of that.
You could say there is a minor league in the college ranks, and maybe some Division I schools could form an alliance or a farm system to move players up. But the transfer portal sort of kills all of that.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 5:26 pm to Thundercles
The NFL doesn’t want these players before they’ve physically developed
Colleges are still colleges.
No one who isn’t good enough to play in the NFL after 3-5 years IS good enough to pay a living wage for 10-16 years
Colleges are still colleges.
No one who isn’t good enough to play in the NFL after 3-5 years IS good enough to pay a living wage for 10-16 years
Posted on 2/17/24 at 5:38 pm to Thundercles
A long time ago
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