Call it what it is, “College sponsored professional football”.
Heck, I am old enough to remember when a player made a good play, the announcer would mention what his major was and what his GPA was. Now they only mentioned what school he transferred from this year.
It’s rooting for laundry.
It has become an NFL Farm League.
I always thought what they should do is they would take the top two teams, and have their players participate in “The College Bowl” where they would be quizzed on general knowledge, and the Winner would be crowned the National Champion.
And eventually during NFL games when the players introduce themselves they’ll say something like “DeShaun Marqueesas.....University of Michigan....Purdue University....University of Oklahoma....Auburn University......”
Self aggrandizing, celebrity, gadfly coaches don’t help either, nor do the corrupt school administrations. Players are a commodity.