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Originally Posted by valo403
I've thought about that but I'm not sure it would work. A lot of people aren't fans of college football because of the level of play, they're fans because of the relationship to the institutions and what they represent to them. The base of college football is built upon people with strong ties to the programs, largely through alumni. An NFL D-League has none of that, it's simply the NFL with younger players. We already have a pretty strong example of what that scenario looks like in the form of the NBA D-League, which is miles behind NCAA basketball in terms of popularity despite rosters that would dominate the vast majority of NCAA teams.
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really good points Valo.
And the NCAA would never allow it because the massive funding they would lose generated by the Football/Basketball programs. TV, merchandise, concessions, right down to parking and everything in between.
As we all know the various schools depend on the Football, Basketball revenues to support every course and facility upgrades and renovations moving forward. Or at least significant contributions.
The larger programs from the Big 5 help fund every smaller school they play.
Same goes for all the bowl games. It is all divided amongst the conferences.
At some point player compensation will occur and become standardized, i feel they are closer to where they were say 10 years ago but still years away. So many layers to go through to make it a reality.