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<blockquote data-quote="BleedGoldNWhite21" data-source="post: 982651" data-attributes="member: 2993"><p>I think you guys are underestimating how successful and popular the “academics” league would be. Think of how much major college football is played around the country and how many games are shown on TV. The vast majority of those programs would not be in the “pro” league. Iowa is a random but good example. They have been a very respectful program the last twenty years, winning 10 plus games eight times in that span, including this year. They ranked 19th in attendance this year. Iowa is not a blue blood. They would not join the “pro” league. That’s a pretty damn good football program- a pretty damn good BRAND not in the pro league. You’ll say that the recruiting will take a nose dive for the “academic” league, but college football has always been about the BRAND(school, Fight songs, traditions etc) more than the quality of play. You want proof of that? Look at every other attempt at a pro football league. USFL, XFL etc. All of those players were good college players but the product on the field stinks…yet it’s not worse than a lot of college games. Why do we care about the college games? The BRAND. It’s the fight song, the pageantry that makes a FG kicker missing a 32 yarder exciting or a QB miss a wide open player fun. That stuff is just pathetic on an XFL team who has no brand. If ESPN won’t, someone else will pay for these brands. It won’t be as much, sure, but it will be more competitive and still quite successful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BleedGoldNWhite21, post: 982651, member: 2993"] I think you guys are underestimating how successful and popular the “academics” league would be. Think of how much major college football is played around the country and how many games are shown on TV. The vast majority of those programs would not be in the “pro” league. Iowa is a random but good example. They have been a very respectful program the last twenty years, winning 10 plus games eight times in that span, including this year. They ranked 19th in attendance this year. Iowa is not a blue blood. They would not join the “pro” league. That’s a pretty damn good football program- a pretty damn good BRAND not in the pro league. You’ll say that the recruiting will take a nose dive for the “academic” league, but college football has always been about the BRAND(school, Fight songs, traditions etc) more than the quality of play. You want proof of that? Look at every other attempt at a pro football league. USFL, XFL etc. All of those players were good college players but the product on the field stinks…yet it’s not worse than a lot of college games. Why do we care about the college games? The BRAND. It’s the fight song, the pageantry that makes a FG kicker missing a 32 yarder exciting or a QB miss a wide open player fun. That stuff is just pathetic on an XFL team who has no brand. If ESPN won’t, someone else will pay for these brands. It won’t be as much, sure, but it will be more competitive and still quite successful. [/QUOTE]
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