[Humbug]

Why is it that schools such as MIT and the University of Chicago seem to be doing just fine without athletics? Probably because they made a decision long ago to concentrate fully on academics instead of sports.

Good point.

Growing up I was really into college sports, but increasingly it really has become little more than a minor league system operating on college campuses.

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Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy college football probably because I don’t care who wins or loses, I just enjoy the action. My main point is that the NFL needs to create a minor league system just like baseball, financed either by the league and/or local investors. Let the top high school players who have no interest in school go play for pay in the minor leagues. If that lowers the quality of college football, so what? Quasi-professional football isn’t what college is about.