re: How long until major college football is just openly a minor league?

Interesting thread and lots of solid opinions but one thing many aren't including in the conversation, the universities affiliated with major college football need the money those programs bring in and aren't going to be quick to give it up. That's where the problems truly begin.
Make it about the players and their greed but it all started with the universities and their greed. They negotiate th contracts with conferences and then tv networks. If they lose affiliation they lose millions and likely most of their sports programs. Outside of football, 90% of all other sports programs, including men's basketball, lose money. What would they do without their cash cow? So while blaming the kids and their greed, don't forget to give due credit to the liberal universities and their greed as well. Once again, the universities need football more than football needs the universities. That's just a fact. The NFL will make sure college/developmental football exists and succeeds. They and the tv networks depend on it. The schools are secondary to those folks with the money. In other words, the universities better get in where they fit in or risk losing it all. They can't afford that.