NIL, the portal, realignment all make "college" football a true minor league professional organization.
NIL, the portal, realignment all make "college" football a true minor league professional organization.
I think Michael F. told us so, a year or two ago.
On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 2:08:25 PM UTC-7, Eric Ramon wrote:
NIL, the portal, realignment all make "college" football a true minor league professional organization.
I think Michael F. told us so, a year or two ago.
I may have had the timing off, but you may also be seeing the first demotions out of the Power Conferences to eventually lead to one national conference with the requisite number of marquee teams.
Mike
it for them.NIL, the portal, realignment all make "college" football a true minor league professional organization.
Except that they're all like the Green Bay Packers in that the fans are the ones paying the players...and don't tell me the schools don't love taking in all of the TV and CFP money without having to worry about paying the players or the people that do
Men's basketball isn't that far behind, either. I just wonder if, once the "superconferences" are finalized, the Gonzagas of the world are going to be left out in the cold when the top basketball players gravitate toward the superconferences as well -especially if Adam Silver finally gives in and allows the NBA to draft players directly out of high school again, so none of the "minor" schools can try to become some sort of magnet for one-and-dones.
NIL, the portal, realignment all make "college" football a true minor league professional organization.
I think Michael F. told us so, a year or two ago.
Kevin Blackstone from the Washington Post:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/college-football-doesn-t-need-realignment-it-needs-to-start-over/ar-AA1fcZc3?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=9c7eaa771175419d91868f51ee5491a4&ei=10
Something else we agree on; none of this "limit this to 32 teams, assign each one to an NFL team, have a draft out of high school so the players themselves have no right to transfer but would have to be 'traded', and you then play for your team's NFLteam when you are done - oh, and all other schools stop playing college football, except maybe at 'club' level" nonsense.
team when you are done - oh, and all other schools stop playing college football, except maybe at 'club' level" nonsense.Something else we agree on; none of this "limit this to 32 teams, assign each one to an NFL team, have a draft out of high school so the players themselves have no right to transfer but would have to be 'traded', and you then play for your team's NFL
We will eventually get there, sooner or later.
NFL team when you are done - oh, and all other schools stop playing college football, except maybe at 'club' level" nonsense.Something else we agree on; none of this "limit this to 32 teams, assign each one to an NFL team, have a draft out of high school so the players themselves have no right to transfer but would have to be 'traded', and you then play for your team's
means that any guaranteed money Division II got out of it went out the window.We will eventually get there, sooner or later.No, we won't. I should know better than to argue this with you, as your mind is made up, but...
(a) If only "big money college football" should exist, then explain why Division II schools didn't stop playing decades ago. It has nothing to do with TV money, especially after the Supreme Court's decision that the NCAA cannot control TV contracts
(b) Having a system of lower-level teams, each one of which is tied to a major league team, and allowing drafting out of high school will result in the end of all scholarship-level collegiate play in that sport? Gee, I guess I'll go tell pretty muchevery Division I baseball program in the country - all 306 of them - that they should have went out of business decades ago.
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