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Originally Posted by Mahnz
I think people forget that a lot of the highest level athletes don't care about school and also come from underprivileged backgrounds. If an amateur league paid them around or below practice squad salary (plus image rights), they would probably jump at that chance.
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That's the rub, though. Where is an amateur league going to get $8,000 per week for 50 players, plus coach and staff salaries, plus money to pay for overhead? We can't even get a second professional league to survive, so there's no way anyone is going to pay to watch 19 year old unknown kids.
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Originally Posted by Mahnz
Lets be honest college education is a joke for a majority of athlete's. Not just the kids not caring but the Universities too. Yeah, I could see some high profile recruits going regardless if they value college life and education, but I think you underestimate how shameless this whole thing is with college football.
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That's is absolutely false. The overwhelming majority of athletes never play a day of professional sports. The majority of athletes go to class and do what they are supposed to do. It's the .001% who walk around like they're guaranteed a payday for life who don't care about the degree.
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Originally Posted by Mahnz
Another factor is an amateur league actually caring about development and coaching. If you are talented and could get paid plus proper training and get NFL scouts to look at you closely, why not?
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Again, all of that stuff costs money, which an amateur league wouldn't have.