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<blockquote data-quote="BashCtIllini" data-source="post: 1846852" data-attributes="member: 748491"><p>That would be a terrible idea. The reason there is a mandatory delay between high school and the NFL is because kids physically aren't strong enough to survive an NFL season. Even a muscle bound kid or giant kid needs to strengthen his tendons, ligaments, etc or he's toast. So what's the point of a semi-pro league? To dilute the talent so my team has a better chance? pass</p><p></p><p>Let's be honest, no one has ever cared about the student part. Ok maybe 2 people. Sure we say cool that guy is an Engineer and a football player, but Coach Sam Winters from ESU said it best, "Yeah, but when was the last time you saw 80,000 people show up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?"</p><p></p><p>The agony and the ecstasy of college basketball is the best team doesn't always win. In fact, it's pretty rare that the best team wins. You really get 2 championships, your conference championship to signify the strength of your season, and then the NCAA tournament which is who can maintain a hot streak for a short amount of time. That's not feasible in football because of the injuries.</p><p></p><p>To me the problem is not that there are 5 or 6 teams that could legitimately win, it's that in reality there is 1-3. No one was beating Georgia this year. From day 1, we knew who would win. There were years you could say the same thing about Alabama or Clemson. On a wild year you have maybe 3 teams clearly better than everyone else. There is no way to stop this currently. When a 5 star kid is willing to be 3rd string at Georgia rather than be a starter at Illinois, you will not level that playing field. College sports has always been plagued with cheating, now is is just highest bidder. To me the only way to level a playing field would be to pay kids uniformly and implement a salary cap. Which will never happen.</p><p></p><p>To me BY FAR the most interesting pro sport is the NFL. That is in large part because of how it's set up. Now luxury tax for going over the salary cap, no lottery system for who gets what pick. You stay with in the cap. If your team is full of young studs looking to get paid, tough, make a trade. If you stink you get the best pick. It is the only sport where the landscape can swing so wildly from year to year. Your team might not go from worst to first but they can go from worst to a contender. The only way to keep that type of parity is to hold tightly to salary rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BashCtIllini, post: 1846852, member: 748491"] That would be a terrible idea. The reason there is a mandatory delay between high school and the NFL is because kids physically aren't strong enough to survive an NFL season. Even a muscle bound kid or giant kid needs to strengthen his tendons, ligaments, etc or he's toast. So what's the point of a semi-pro league? To dilute the talent so my team has a better chance? pass Let's be honest, no one has ever cared about the student part. Ok maybe 2 people. Sure we say cool that guy is an Engineer and a football player, but Coach Sam Winters from ESU said it best, "Yeah, but when was the last time you saw 80,000 people show up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?" The agony and the ecstasy of college basketball is the best team doesn't always win. In fact, it's pretty rare that the best team wins. You really get 2 championships, your conference championship to signify the strength of your season, and then the NCAA tournament which is who can maintain a hot streak for a short amount of time. That's not feasible in football because of the injuries. To me the problem is not that there are 5 or 6 teams that could legitimately win, it's that in reality there is 1-3. No one was beating Georgia this year. From day 1, we knew who would win. There were years you could say the same thing about Alabama or Clemson. On a wild year you have maybe 3 teams clearly better than everyone else. There is no way to stop this currently. When a 5 star kid is willing to be 3rd string at Georgia rather than be a starter at Illinois, you will not level that playing field. College sports has always been plagued with cheating, now is is just highest bidder. To me the only way to level a playing field would be to pay kids uniformly and implement a salary cap. Which will never happen. To me BY FAR the most interesting pro sport is the NFL. That is in large part because of how it's set up. Now luxury tax for going over the salary cap, no lottery system for who gets what pick. You stay with in the cap. If your team is full of young studs looking to get paid, tough, make a trade. If you stink you get the best pick. It is the only sport where the landscape can swing so wildly from year to year. Your team might not go from worst to first but they can go from worst to a contender. The only way to keep that type of parity is to hold tightly to salary rules. [/QUOTE]
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