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At the end of the day, I really wish CFB would do something to student-athlete wellfare instead of maximizing revenue.  College football is not a young version of the NFL, and we should stop trying to become one.  Colleges rightly don't want to pay athletes.  But they sure seem to be doing everything short of that to become a professional league.  It makes me sad.

I think CFB already does a lot to student-athlete welfare, most of it bad.

It's pretty easy to see the problem, however. Remember when Ted Leland complained about the athletics arms-race, and at least mused about trying to not take part. He then became enemy #1 of the Stanford football fan base. Anyone in charge of a Power 5 athletic program who tries to do anything to scale back, or even hold back, is going to lose their job promptly.

Of course the only answer is to act together with rules that limit everyone. That should work easily, seeing as how everyone so loves the NCAA.

[CTcard]

At the end of the day, I really wish CFB would do something to student-athlete wellfare instead of maximizing revenue.  College football is not a young version of the NFL, and we should stop trying to become one.  Colleges rightly don't want to pay athletes.  But they sure seem to be doing everything short of that to become a professional league.  It makes me sad.

I think CFB already does a lot to student-athlete welfare, most of it bad.

It's pretty easy to see the problem, however. Remember when Ted Leland complained about the athletics arms-race, and at least mused about trying to not take part. He then became enemy #1 of the Stanford football fan base. Anyone in charge of a Power 5 athletic program who tries to do anything to scale back, or even hold back, is going to lose their job promptly.

Of course the only answer is to act together with rules that limit everyone. That should work easily, seeing as how everyone so loves the NCAA.