NFL and paying players

[847badgerfan]

I have a dire prediction that inside 15 years, college football as we know it will be a thing of the past.

I've been saying that for 15 years. About 3 years after I started posting "here".

[Cincydawg]

How many of the best collegiate players are serious students?  Should they not be in the minors, or the NFL, now?  Even Calvin Johnson, by all accounts a serious student, went pro in 3.

The minors would pay them some to play and they wouldn't have all that class stuff.  

I think CFB will look like college baseball today, with a binary system developing.  

[MaximumSam]

Colleges have done a good job using their free labor to make a ton of money. They've done a horrible job keeping their players' well being as an important part of the collegiate experience.  They should have gotten ahead of this, but too many dollar signs in their eyes.

[Cincydawg]

Isn't it the athletic departments making this money?  I realize some donate to the academic parts.  And both are "nonprofit".

[MaximumSam]

Isn't it the athletic departments making this money?  I realize some donate to the academic parts.  And both are "nonprofit".

Certainly, a lot goes to athletic department. Ohio State has the nicest football facilities in Ohio, a state that has two professional teams. Players' money also goes towards creating six figure jobs for bowl executives, NCAA execs, and many others.