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<blockquote data-quote="gtstinger776" data-source="post: 477736" data-attributes="member: 2911"><p>Malcolm Gladwell talks about the “ghettoization” of football, stating that the people who choose to play the game are those who are willing to take on the head injury risk because of the financial opportunity. I have friends who lead youth sports organizations in higher social-economic income areas (e.g. Buckhead), and they’ve repeatedly stated that football enrollment is down across the board. This tells me that those playing are in even greater need of the immediate financial benefits of professional or paid football than has been (on average) in the past. My belief is that they’ll either pay the players or introduce a form of minor league football. The NCAA is scared to death of the latter, but I don’t see the current model sustaining itself long term. We can’t maintain this sembelence of amateur status as a greater % of the players play for nothing more than the financial rewards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gtstinger776, post: 477736, member: 2911"] Malcolm Gladwell talks about the “ghettoization” of football, stating that the people who choose to play the game are those who are willing to take on the head injury risk because of the financial opportunity. I have friends who lead youth sports organizations in higher social-economic income areas (e.g. Buckhead), and they’ve repeatedly stated that football enrollment is down across the board. This tells me that those playing are in even greater need of the immediate financial benefits of professional or paid football than has been (on average) in the past. My belief is that they’ll either pay the players or introduce a form of minor league football. The NCAA is scared to death of the latter, but I don’t see the current model sustaining itself long term. We can’t maintain this sembelence of amateur status as a greater % of the players play for nothing more than the financial rewards. [/QUOTE]
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