re: LSU fans have Jemele Hill on their side

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1) Football is a full contact sport that few 17-18 year olds are physically mature enough to play.

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Then they aren’t physically mature enough to play it in college. Do you not realize that if the model was the same as the other sports, the relative development gap would shrink just like the others?

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2) Can you please point us to the developmental leagues the NFL currently has in place?

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How is this relevant? Just because they currently use college to do it doesn’t preclude them from creating these if they didn’t.

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3) The NFL has the three years from high school rule in place for football players because that is much cheaper and easier than creating and sustaining their own developmental leagues

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Cheaper and easier, huh? Which pro sport generates the most money? Hint: it’s not baseball ($10.3 billion/year), and it’s damn sure not basketball ($4.8 billion/year). It’s NFL football ($13 billion/year).

So the two sports producing less revenue than football can afford developmental leagues, but the #1 revenue generating sport couldn’t?

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But, COLLEGE FOOTBALL BAD & UNFAIR!!!!

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I never said this. That would be like saying “college baseball (or basketball) is bad & unfair.” I’m just saying there are multiple development paths available for the other sports, but not for football. That leaves college as the only option (even for guys who are NFL ready out of HS). It also doesn’t provide a minor league like the others as an option for those who need some development but might have trouble keeping grades up and staying academically eligible (not an issue in the other sports). Not everyone is academically well-suited for college (and that should be ok).

Are you on the spectrum?