It's not an issue of fan interest. That's not how minor leagues work.

Aug 5, 2020
12:36:49pm

shoganai Truly Addicted User

It's a matter of whether a commercial entity will invest money into that pool of players, with the promise of a payoff down the road when they become full professionals who can be monetized.

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Regarding a bunch of 18-22 year olds

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

8/5/20 12:17pm

I think it'd be different if there were a bunch of returning stars, right?

SandYFan

8/5/20 12:18pm

If they were never tied to BYU (which would be the case in no time)? Interest

ManicBlue

8/5/20 1:04pm

The number of CFB players with value independent of their team is only about 10%

shoganai

8/5/20 12:22pm

10% seems kind of high, but other than that I agree.

crack

8/5/20 12:24pm

Here's how you arrive at that number...

shoganai

8/5/20 12:30pm

This is a solid case. But I still think being a solid pro prospect doesn't get

I'm Dynamite

8/5/20 12:34pm

It's not an issue of fan interest. That's not how minor leagues work.

shoganai

8/5/20 12:36pm

These college players expect to be paid much more than minor leaguers

Cougforgood

8/5/20 4:34pm

Name, image, and likeness and similar stuff is a market way of addressing this

I'm Dynamite

8/5/20 5:15pm

Based on the number of players drafted or signing a decent FA deal, it;s lower than 10%

Turnpike Lane

8/5/20 12:26pm

Of graduating college players, it's actually very close to 10%.

shoganai

8/5/20 12:40pm

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trjohnson007

8/5/20 2:57pm

So 10% of 20-25%

BYU'01

8/5/20 2:58pm

TV ratings for BYU would disagree with you. It's more about BYU than

crazY

8/5/20 12:45pm

BYU's current TV ratings are not relevant to the hypothetical.

shoganai

8/5/20 12:47pm

People certainly don't tune in to BYU games to watch the stars.

crazY

8/5/20 1:19pm

The g league has better players than college basketball teams. The average pay

Charles Darwin

8/5/20 12:24pm

So basically, college players are overestimating their value

Indy Coug

8/5/20 12:25pm

2nd divisions in foreign soccer leagues are extremely valuable and have huge

cwilke1

8/5/20 12:36pm

IMO the biggest sacrifice and risk for most is forgoing a college education. I'd

coug almighty

8/5/20 12:45pm

They also underestimate the value of their education. If they study.

I'm Dynamite

8/5/20 12:38pm

Agreed.

StalwartBraveTrue

8/5/20 12:37pm

Here's the best way to look at it. If you took every FBS football player and

Scratch

8/5/20 12:40pm

There's really not any evidence to suggest the second half of your argument.

shoganai

8/5/20 12:42pm

It happens every year. We love Recruit X who is better than Recruit Y.

Y05

8/6/20 5:15pm

Completely agree.

wilsdad

8/5/20 1:25pm

Boooooo! Wrong clothes!

Tsisquan

8/6/20 1:19am

Exactly, sports is cheering for laundry. Let's admit it, not pretend otherwise.

Mitty

8/6/20 1:09pm

For the most part that is true

MwangoleCoug9

8/5/20 12:59pm

Your last paragraph is worth discussion. Plenty of schools would pay players if

shoganai

8/5/20 1:02pm

I'd wager than even if you took the top players for the NFL developmental

ManicBlue

8/5/20 1:09pm

Side income from sources outside of the university (eg NIL) is a separate issue, IMO.

Indy Coug

8/5/20 1:25pm

Wouldn't you be equally interested if all of the schools competed to pay

tyrwhite

8/5/20 3:39pm

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