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If college football suddenly ceased, the NFL would find other ways to develop players (a minor league perhaps) and they would all still end up in the league.

That could happen today and would happen today if these players were worth the money. There is a reason it doesn't happen - they can not compete with what college has to offer even without them being paid cash.

But at least you are admitting they need to be developed before going to the NFL, that's progress. Now let's see if you can admit that the schools pay good money to be able to provide the best levels of that development.

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If college football had to be played with players with no trace of NFL ability who would still be students at the university even without football, interest would wane quite a bit.

100% false.

Skill is relative. You're still going to have National Championships and all that regardless. There will still be a #1 recruit. There will still be an Iron Bowl, there will still be a 3rd Saturday. People are fans of the schools.

But the biggest indicator of how silly your claim is would be that currently only about 1% of college football players sniff the NFL. If that 1% disappears, college football goes on like nothing happened.

The real draw are the schools themselves.

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The multibillion dollar CFB machine needs elite athletes to fire on all cylinders, and a scholarship isn’t enough anymore.

False again. If this was the case then people wouldn't be trying to force the NCAA into doing things with the government. You need the government to force these things because the free market completely destroys your claims.

If it was true, then alternatives would be popping up, and college football would lose popularity. You wouldn't need the government to force the NCAA, the NCAA would have to do it to compete. Because nothing stops anyone from creating a football organization that can provide them with the training and everything else.

They do not exist because once again, all your claims are based on the bullshite notion that athletes are victims and entitled to more than they are actually worth.

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Posted by Globetrotter747

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Posted on 3/21/24 at 4:10 pm to 3down10

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That could happen today and would happen today if these players were worth the money.

It hasn’t needed to happen. But NFL players would be developed with or without the college game.

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But at least you are admitting they need to be developed before going to the NFL, that's progress. Now let's see if you can admit that the schools pay good money to be able to provide the best levels of that development.

And the future NFL stars give the schools a hell of a lot better product to put on the field than if you were throwing everyday students out there. More than the worth of a scholarship.

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But the biggest indicator of how silly your claim is would be that currently only about 1% of college football players sniff the NFL. If that 1% disappears, college football goes on like nothing happened.

Let’s see it happen then.

Tell all the top prospects who are poor students or have questionable character and don’t really belong in college, have their hands out, or who are transferring in and out to frick off, but no one will ever do that because winning is more important than principle.

You take all the NFL talent off the field and interest would take a hit.

This post was edited on 3/21/24 at 4:11 pm

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