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re: How long until major college football is just openly a minor league?
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:50 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:50 am to ragincajun03
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How about instead those who don’t want to play student athlete can start up their own minor league?
Sure, that would be ideal. But that's not the reality we live in. There's more money, stability, and exposure in being attached to a college
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Posted on 2/17/24 at 9:54 am to Thundercles
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There's more money
Our modern culture celebrates sell outs, it’s true.
If they’re going to do a true “minor league” then I would prefer it were detached from NCAA/CFB.
Basically an enhanced version of IMG with no academic requirements. Let the NFL manage it and pay for it.
Let CFB implement some guardrails around NIL/transfer portal and try to recapture some of the magic from past eras while still providing financial value to the players that make the whole thing go.
Might be a pipe dream, idk.
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 11:02 am to Smoke239
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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.
It's going to be fun watching 15-year long college careers when this happens, or, better yet, the first time a guy peters out of the NFL and returns to college.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 11:20 am to ragincajun03
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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.
How popular would “college football” be if it wasn’t affiliated with colleges? Pretty sure it wouldn’t be popular at all.
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 4:16 pm to nicholastiger
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What’s crazy is Caleb Williams living in a better house than college professors
Tenure track proffesors start at like 55k or 60k at a lot of schools (that is public record). IDK if they can even afford houses a lot of places.
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 5:20 pm to Stealth Matrix
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It's going to be fun watching 15-year long college careers when this happens, or, better yet, the first time a guy peters out of the NFL and returns to college.
Eli Manning going back to college to play as a 40+ year old would be wild. I think it’d be great for TV ratings
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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 5:27 pm to Stealth Matrix
It will be interesting. How many fans of weaker teams/conferences will still watch socalled college football.
Will younger fans of ACC teams continue to be football fans when their teams are not eligible for championships.
Will younger fans of ACC teams continue to be football fans when their teams are not eligible for championships.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 5:37 pm to Gus007
Here is the real question
are colleges really going to run fully pro teams?
are colleges really going to run fully pro teams?
Posted on 2/17/24 at 5:38 pm to Thundercles
A long time ago
Posted on 2/17/24 at 7:07 pm to Gus007
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It will be interesting. How many fans of weaker teams/conferences will still watch socalled college football. Will younger fans of ACC teams continue to be football fans when their teams are not eligible for championships.
No, and why should they?
Posted on 2/17/24 at 7:22 pm to Smoke239
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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.
This is probably the next domino to fall. The logic to limit them to four years is as sound as the logic for not letting them get paid. Now that getting paid is out in the open, four years is out next.
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