darell1976 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I would not have guessed that, how does a baseball player make the big league? Kick butt in the minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011BisonAlumni Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Do you have Nielsen numbers to support this? I think it's pure conjecture. Just looked it up. Last year's college national championship drew in 717k viewers, which was a huge increase over the prior year and one of the largest in several years. The quarterfinal game against CC drew approximately 1.5 million fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 They do, it's called division 1 basketball and FBS football.Whoops, forgot about NBA D LeagueI wonder how a football minor leaque that pays players would effect FBS football? Maybe NCAA will go this route to defeat the football uprising that is going to knee cap them shortly... interesting times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011BisonAlumni Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Kick butt in the minors. Which is the same way the majority of NCAA hockey players go about it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Which is the same way the majority of NCAA hockey players go about it as well. But not as many, 36% to 2% that is a HUGE gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Kick butt in the minors.So they go to minors out of HS, little league, juniors? I am only familiar with the hockey career path, please enlighten me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I wonder how a football minor leaque that pays players would effect FBS football? Maybe NCAA will go this route to defeat the football uprising that is going to knee cap them shortly... interesting times Probably fail if they wanted to compete with FBS. People are attached to the teams not the players. Plus the elite coaches make more than what a minor league can afford. Saban/Meyer make as much or more than many NFL coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Just looked it up. Last year's college national championship drew in 717k viewers, which was a huge increase over the prior year and one of the largest in several years. The quarterfinal game against CC drew approximately 1.5 million fans. Thanks. Not surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 So they go to minors out of HS, little league, juniors? I am only familiar with the hockey career path, please enlighten me. I thought it was college, then minors, (from rookie ball up to AAA may take a while), then pros. I don't think there is junior ball. Can anyone help us out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 But not as many, 36% to 2% that is a HUGE gap. But does the NHL have the same type of entrenched minor league system that MLB has? And does the 2% number count the guys who do to college before entering the minor leagues or is it that only 2% of MLB players ever went/played in college? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 But does the NHL have the same type of entrenched minor league system that MLB has? And does the 2% number count the guys who do to college before entering the minor leagues or is it that only 2% of MLB players ever went/played in college? Don't know I didn't post the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Probably fail if they wanted to compete with FBS. People are attached to the teams not the players.Plus the elite coaches make more than what a minor league can afford. Saban/Meyer make as much or more than many NFL coaches.Yeah your probably right, kinda surprising the NFL doesn't look at a minor league system to get even more of the football dollarsStart an NFL-B league, even run it like the Olympics and have relegation spot, maybe the Vikings could complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Just looked it up. Last year's college national championship drew in 717k viewers, which was a huge increase over the prior year and one of the largest in several years. The quarterfinal game against CC drew approximately 1.5 million fans. This proves football is more popular in this country than football. Thanks for the news flash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah your probably right, kinda surprising the NFL doesn't look at a minor league system to get even more of the football dollars Start an NFL-B league, even run it like the Olympics and have relegation spot, maybe the Vikings could complete. They tried other "pro" leagues USFL, WLAF, XFL (a total joke), and it didn't take off although the World League did better and kept NFL games in America unlike now where more and more games are going to England. A minor NFL league hopefully could do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Yeah your probably right, kinda surprising the NFL doesn't look at a minor league system to get even more of the football dollars Why would it? It has one now, subsidized with public funds, and without the headaches of direct ownership. It's called "the NCAA". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneksioux Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 But does the NHL have the same type of entrenched minor league system that MLB has? And does the 2% number count the guys who do to college before entering the minor leagues or is it that only 2% of MLB players ever went/played in college? http://www.businessinsider.com/odds-college-athletes-become-professionals-2012-2 Here's the link where I got the 2% number. The way I understand it is a little more than 2% of ncaa baseball players end up making it to the mlb. Ok after clicking on a link within this link I learned I was wrong with ith the 2% number. According to the link 12% of NCAA baseball players make it to the pros. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 http://www.businessinsider.com/odds-college-athletes-become-professionals-2012-2 Here's the link where I got the 2% number. The way I understand it is a little more than 2% of ncaa baseball players end up making it to the mlb. Ok after clicking on a link within this link I learned I was wrong with ith the 2% number. According to the link 12% of NCAA baseball players make it to the pros. Never mind. I misread your point anyway. Whoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90siouxfan Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Why would it? It has one now, subsidized with public funds, and without the headaches of direct ownership. It's called "the NCAA".money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 money? Like he said... No headaches, etc. Look at the amount the football factories in the power 5 spend on football. NFL has a free labor development source. They get to watch these guys for three years before putting any sort of investment into them. Can't imagine they'd ever make enough money to consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have no idea wtf is going on in this thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Like he said... No headaches, etc. Look at the amount the football factories in the power 5 spend on football. NFL has a free labor development source. They get to watch these guys for three years before putting any sort of investment into them. Can't imagine they'd ever make enough money to consider it. Yup. The NCAA Football economic* model (only) works because of donors (specifically, tax deductible donations to the schools earmarked for football) and the subsidies from the school for athletics. An NFL developmental league would have neither of those. *OK, OK, ... the entire NCAA athletics economic model with rare exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmksioux Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have no idea wtf is going on in this thread. Either do I, but I do know that it has no relevance to the 2014 FCS playoffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have no idea wtf is going on in this thread. Brick has an idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pdWAcK6Eh8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011BisonAlumni Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have no idea wtf is going on in this thread. The hypothetical playoffs thread was more entertaining than this one. See you guys in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosidel Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 This proves football is more popular in this country than football. Thanks for the news flash!! No, it shows that more people watched NDSU in that particular game than watched last years' Frozen Four Final. Which does tend to support the argument that FCS Football is more popular than NCAA Hockey. It says little or nothing about the relative popularity of the sports at any other level. Although it certainly is true that football is more popular in this country than hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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