“OR , and I know this is crazy to some people that work for espn and only see money when watching these games, JUST FIX THE frickING SPORT“

And I couldn’t agree more with that. No need to make this more complicated than it needs to be.

HarryHoudini•2 months

Also who’s “urging this”? Burns? This fig needs to lay off twitter.

RelicBatches86•2 months

Why would the NFL spend billions doing that... when the NCAA already does it for them for free?

NFL pays $0 for development and marketing new talented prospects for them

Dicken Nuggets•2 months

Truthfully, I'm not sure they would spending anything at all. It would be the ultimate scam by the NFL.

Get college football to sign over its rights to the NFL. From there, the NFL now has control of college football, has a new revenue stream of allegedly billions of dollars, the NFL takes whatever it wants from said revenue stream, and leaves a little behind for the universities and players.

At least private equity infuses capital into whatever business it takes over. In this case, the NFL doesn't have to spend any money. College football already generates billions. This idea is not even honorable. It's a flat out scam. A hostile takeover is more honorable than what this proposal offers.

The only thing the NFL offers in this scenario is subjugation and theft.

baobabtiger•2 months

Just create an nfl minor league for blue chip players and let college go to old rules and take players who a want to get an elite college experience.

CDawson•2 months

Except the country doesn’t have 64 teams worthy of admission. More like 32 or maybe 40.

wesman21•2 months

Minor league football, only a matter of time.

Swamp Angel•2 months

We're pretty much already there.

Leopold•2 months

Because the NFL understands that it would be a money loser. If you want college athletics you have to deal with the Colleges, which means dealing with federal law, Title IX, the taxpayer, students, and a whole lot of things that they don't right now, or at least not in the way they do now. It's why the schools haven't left the NCAA; because they would have to go form another version of the NCAA to deal with all those things - how does that help them???

Timeoday•1 month

Obvious next step. So many are nothing but NFL farm teams anyway. No reason to hide it anymore. Kid gets drafted out of high school and must spend at least 3 years on an NFL Football Farm Club.

The O'Jays "For the LOVE of MONEY" comes to mind. College football will not ever be the same.

s2•2 months

The NFL has taken professional football to a level no one could have expected. The BS that many players have to put up with is sickening and downright sad in some cases. This will end up like the WNBA in some form or another.

GusAU•2 months

Yes, those poor, poor players…

Modern day slaves if you ask me.

(Insert eye roll here)

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