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Doesn’t have to be. It’s really about a company making millions off the labor of individuals who are paid in peanuts comparatively, who have a skill set that very few people have. Can just about anyone “play” football? Sure. Can just about anyone play at the level these athletes play? Not a chance in hell.

If all of the top rated athletes decide to do this, it would cripple college football greatly. The players who decide to do this would be fine. The NFL would change their policies to get these better players in some way. Right now they have a rule about not drafting from high school, but that’s because they have been given a free “minor league” in the form of college football. But I guarantee you if these top athletes stop playing for colleges, the NFL will find an alternative to their rule before they start taking 2nd and 3rd tier players from colleges. Only colleges stand to lose from this if the players as a unified group decide to do this. If it’s a few players, colleges will do what was done here. If it’s the majority of the top 250 players in the nation that does this, colleges will have to come to the table and compromise or lose out big time.

You are very fair and intelligent in your reply, you seem to have good understanding of business also

A refreshing change from the majority around here

For some reason they seem to think that P5 CFB grosses $5billion yearly despite the elite talent rather than in unison with the elite talent

This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 1:00 pm