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<blockquote data-quote="CrackerJacket" data-source="post: 153456" data-attributes="member: 712"><p>Rick Telander (former Northwestern football player, ironically) had an interesting solution in his book <u>The Hundred Yard Lie</u>: age group pro football. Players would 'age out' of the league at 25 or thereabouts, so an extraordinary 18-year old athlete could simply begin his pro career without the pretense of education involved if that's what he wants. A university, business firm, or individual could own a team. (Maybe we could play Coca-Cola as well as Clemson!) In Telander's scheme, what we know as college football would revert to more of an Ivy League model.</p><p></p><p>Don't see an age group pro league coming to pass, but the shamateur model of sports is outmoded. It's gone away in other sports, and its days are numbered in college football, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrackerJacket, post: 153456, member: 712"] Rick Telander (former Northwestern football player, ironically) had an interesting solution in his book [U]The Hundred Yard Lie[/U]: age group pro football. Players would 'age out' of the league at 25 or thereabouts, so an extraordinary 18-year old athlete could simply begin his pro career without the pretense of education involved if that's what he wants. A university, business firm, or individual could own a team. (Maybe we could play Coca-Cola as well as Clemson!) In Telander's scheme, what we know as college football would revert to more of an Ivy League model. Don't see an age group pro league coming to pass, but the shamateur model of sports is outmoded. It's gone away in other sports, and its days are numbered in college football, too. [/QUOTE]
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