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Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:18 am to CNB
Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:18 am to CNB
I don't see the equivalency.
College Basketball & Football are natural feeders into the professional ranks. The quality is comparable of drafted college players in those sports. The same cannot be said about college baseball where as a whole is somewhere around Single A minor league ball. Yes, you get the few kids who make the jump immediately, but a super-majority spend multiple years working there way up the ranks.
College FB & BB are the equivalent to AAA Professional Baseball.
College Basketball & Football are natural feeders into the professional ranks. The quality is comparable of drafted college players in those sports. The same cannot be said about college baseball where as a whole is somewhere around Single A minor league ball. Yes, you get the few kids who make the jump immediately, but a super-majority spend multiple years working there way up the ranks.
College FB & BB are the equivalent to AAA Professional Baseball.
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Posted on 5/10/17 at 11:28 am to SEC. 593
Exactly. I like watching college baseball for what it is but the level is not very high. Comparing NFL/NBA relationships with their college sports counterparts isn't really applicable. College baseball nationally trails NCAA womens basketball in attendance. Its a niche thing in parts of the south. Just like NCAA hockey is in the north and north east. Nothing wrong with that but not many Missouri types are going to feel some kind of shame because of Mizzou baseball attendance.
There is probably a reason that college baseball has taken root so much in the south. There were no MLB teams in the south for a long while. Minor leagues were not set up like they are now back in the day. Baseball fans in the south naturally latched onto the college game.
It is what it is.
There is probably a reason that college baseball has taken root so much in the south. There were no MLB teams in the south for a long while. Minor leagues were not set up like they are now back in the day. Baseball fans in the south naturally latched onto the college game.
It is what it is.
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