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Without players from the south, the Big Ten teams would be hot garbage.  The de-regionalization helps them in this case.

And on Saban's comment, if you think about the players when he was coaching and when they were 9-10 years old when their real football knowledge/memories begin, that was pre-2014.  OSU was good, but always falling short.  And UM was OSU's bitch.
And the rest of the conference was....not great. 
If you care to be that specific about it, he's just speaking from his lived experience. 

this. 

the amount of talent and the quality of the talent in the south is just vastly superior to the north. anyone trying to debate this is....a fool. 

Will we see a time when players eschew the draft because they are making more money in CFB?  Is that already the case?

I suspect it is for Carson Beck.

for 10 seasons

for 10 seasons

Are you referring to their length of eligibility?  I know there is some challenges legally, but I think it should be capped at 25 years old, and no more than 6 years total.  I'm in favor of no redshirts, and 5 years, with a 6th year granted only in certain circumstances.  One of the circumstances, of course would be a medical redshirt, and the other would basically be a kind of award for being a model student.  Certain GPA or maybe something about graduating, I don't know but I like the academic reward.  Also I think maybe if somebody doesn't transfer maybe they can get a 6th year but I'm not sure how workable that would be.  

NFL rookie salaries follow a sliding scale set by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), with first-round picks earning significantly more than later-round picks, but the overall contract values and average salaries decrease each round and with each subsequent draft pick. For example, in 2025, first-round picks can earn over $12 million in total value, while the final overall pick in the seventh round could sign a deal worth over $4 million.

All first round picks will sign four-year deals, with the team having an option to extend the deal to a fifth year. After the first pick the salaries will drop consistently and the No. 32 overall pick in the first round will be able to sign a deal worth around $12.75 million.
In the second round of the Draft, contracts will be worth between $6.3 million and $9.9 million. The first pick in the third round can sign a deal worth $6 million while the last pick in the third will have to settle for a $5.5 million deal.

Fourth rounders will get between $4.5 million and $4.8 million. Fifth rounders will all get more than $4 million and less than $5 million. The first pick in the sixth round will get $4.2 million and the last pick in the sixth (No. 217) will get $4.1 million. Slightly more than $4.09 million that Mr. Irrelevant, pick No. 259, will make.

I really had no idea the late rounders made that much...I thought I remember the league minimum was like $300,000 or something.  I recall a few years ago there was a big hubub about Dak Prescott only making $xxx,xxx amount in his 3rd or 4th year.  

There will be very few players that will be worth more than the NFL minimums, but probably some. Option quarterbacks might qualify. But even there, you're going to have to be an awfully special option quarterback to drive enough competition for you at the college level to make more than you would make if drafted to play WR or RB.