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Promotion/relegation in college football? Game-changing idea could help save Pac-12
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I mostly agree, though I'd draw a distinction between a minor league (think baseball) and a "lower league" and I'd want to avoid to many direct relationships between CFb and the NFL. For me, a lower league still matters because winning the prize in reach is its own reward, and development is a side effect that happens in the pursuit of winning.
Given recruiting, there's a bit of chicken and egg, but if the triple option still won natties, then top teams would still use it, draft status be damned. Meanwhile, the Crash Davises of the world get drummed out of Minor League baseball because being a "AA+" player stops being important the moment you're too old to develop any farther, despite it being enough to win AA games. I'd rather watch semi-pro indy league baseball than the most stacked AAA team ever.
There are just an incredible number of things to account for, most of which are complicated by the fact that this billion dollar industry is tied to state universities and other colleges, and all the fun that comes along with it.