Quote:It will be professional football at a minor league level.

A minor/developmental but professional league will not work, nor can it ever compete against college football, period.

 

Take a look at the NBA.  They have a D-league, but no one care about it.  It is for those who weren't talented enough to make it in the big league, but are still talented to make a little bit of money -- and that is VERY little compare to the NBA -- playing basketball.  With the exception of Rafer Alston and Jeremy Lin, I don't think there has been a D-League player who actually make it to the NBA and have a solid career.  D-League is just fodder.

 

College football is on another stratesphere because it has such a rich history and culture.  It is the second -- or maybe a very close third -- most popular and revenue rich "league" a.k.a. the NCAA.  A developmental/minor league football would be like an ant competing against the elephant that is the NCAA. It would never work.

 

The sad thing about all of this is that, Chris Davis made millions of dollar for Auburn, Alabama and the NCAA with that field goal return.  However, if he were to suffer a career ending injury at the end of that play, Auburn and the NCAA will want nothing to do with him once he finishes school. 

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