re: Unless you’ve been a college athlete under the NCAA you wouldn’t understand...

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If those kids are so valuable, where is the league to take them in?

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Ding ding ding..

Everyone assumes that all of the money floating around college football means that the players must be super valuable.

Here’s the thing though.. if 19 year old football players have so much value, why hasn’t anyone tried to cash in yet? NCAA membership is voluntary, and there’s nothing stopping anyone from starting pro or semi-pro football leagues that offer to pay these kids. I mean, if they’re that valuable then the XFL should take off given that they’ll be the only game in town, right? ...Right?

On the other hand, maybe (just maybe) it’s the universities and conferences themselves that really hold the value in this relationship..