With all the talk of a Pac-16, it occurred to me that what really needs to happen is for the NCAA to just sell Division I football to the NFL.
Crazy, right?
How can the NCAA keep it? Oh wait, it's the tradition...right?
Traditional rivalries like Texas A&M vs. Cal? Or USC vs. Oklahoma State?
Tradition is gone. It is ALL about the money—TV money, that is.
So let's look at a college football landscape that levels the playing field.
NFL High School Draft
- Each NFL team gets four D-I schools (bumping the number of teams to 128).
- Each school gets 20 draft picks per year.
- Draft order is the reverse of the team standings in the league the previous season, and players will be drafted by region.
- The total squad will not exceed 120 players, with walk-ons to fill out the remainder of positions.
- All D-I football players get a stipend ($3,000 as freshmen to $10,000 as seniors).
- No D-I Player is allowed to declare for the NFL until after junior year.
- Four 32-team leagues broken into four divisions of eight teams.
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