Why is it, that college football and basketball have evolved into being farm teams for the pros? Why is it that college baseball doesn’t function that way for the most part? Why is it that baseball runs their own minor league system, rather than depending on colleges to develop players?
Professional hockey also functions like baseball. Some players are drafted from college, but many more are brought up through the “farm” teams of the NHL.
Because professional baseball predates intercollegiate sports and the others do not?
I agree Dilbert.
I grew up in Nebraska, love football. Tired of having my tax dollars spent on a farm team for the NFL.
Many of the players don’t get an education. Six hours of practice leaves little time to study. I would rather have the players paid a salary and the school lease the name to the team than the current system.
So quite frankly, the players are being exploited. They are generating millions of dollars for the school while getting a substandard education.