I think it's going to happen. I think that the NFL is doomed and I don't think that you can abolish pro football without doing the same thing to college. The problem is lawsuits due to injury bankrupting the NFL. So does college football evolve into an amped up version of flag football or do other sports fill the void left behind by the sport. Or both?
Universities won't be tearing down their stadiums when football goes away so you either change the game to minimize injury and brutality and continue to use the stadiums or start using them for other sports like soccer.
If this happens, expect college basketball to be the huge winner and watch how a change away from football to basketball completely changes the college conference landscape. Expect WSU to be one of the big, big winners when this happens. Not only will the Shocks be part of a Major Conference but expect everything about WSU basketball to get better including scheduling, revenue and coverage.
I really, really like college football but in my opinion it's only a matter of time before it's retired.
Universities won't be tearing down their stadiums when football goes away so you either change the game to minimize injury and brutality and continue to use the stadiums or start using them for other sports like soccer.
If this happens, expect college basketball to be the huge winner and watch how a change away from football to basketball completely changes the college conference landscape. Expect WSU to be one of the big, big winners when this happens. Not only will the Shocks be part of a Major Conference but expect everything about WSU basketball to get better including scheduling, revenue and coverage.
I really, really like college football but in my opinion it's only a matter of time before it's retired.
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