re: Yahoo Sports Claims Cancelling Football is about Union Busting

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I get what you're saying, but the players lose out on a ton of media hype losing the branding of the colleges. There may be a market for watching a D-league with big time recruits but that market is miniscule without the history, tradition and branding of the college programs. I personally wouldn't GAF about watching a football D-league if my alma mater isn't on the helmet and my frenemies in the SEC on the other side. I know that I'm not the only one because the D-league for the NBA has way higher quality basketball than the NCAA does, but guess who watches it?

Edit: I say this knowing the recruits wouldn't GAF about branding if they are getting paid and still drafted in the 1st round in April.

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this is the only reason this hasn't happened yet and it isn't going to happen overnight because of this but over time this too will change. Take a look at what CFB was in the 1970's and what it became in the 1990's. The difference was that of night and day....the money is such now that it is too much risk to rely on an unpaid labor force.

CFB will still exist....and there will be some superstars who make it to the NFL...but the college game will be closer to its roots than it is now...you and I will still be pulling for the team with the correct logo on its helmet but there will be fewer of us...as there is today compared to just a few years ago....kids who play CFB will do so for the education or love of the game, not because it is the only route to the NFL.

There is also the possibility of the NFL and CFB partnering up in some manner that maintains CFB as we know it today....but there is no chance that the labor force is going to be paid in education promises only going forward because the money is just too much.