Living my entire life in the South I have always been a college football fan. But after enduring even more misery on Saturday I paid more attention to a couple of NFL games Sunday....Tampa vs Detroit and KC vs Cincinnati. Damn, what a difference in every way. The coaching is elite, the players are true professionals knowing their individual performance and being a team player will keep them employed. Is there any wonder that seemingly all the brightest young coaching minds are in the NFL?
College players are gaming the system and desperate teams are paying big money to players that will never make that much money again in their lives (prime example DJU at FSU). And the coaches have to rinse and repeat every year even with their own players. When free agency hit professional sports a lot of people thought it was the beginning of the end. But the NFL has never been more successful. The 32 teams in the NFL generated nearly $13 Billion (over $12 B from TV) last year, CFB with over 130 teams generated about $3.55 Billion (in 2022 from TV...less than $3 B). I don't get it. More games are on TV, there are probably 10-15 more minutes of scheduled commercials on CFB...look it up, timeouts in CFB as long as 3:20 minutes, NFL 1-2 minutes. Halftimes in CFB are 5-7 minutes longer. Play reviews are almost instant in the NFL because of their technology in New York. CFB reviews take FOREVER....thus even more commercials.
That speaks volumes about the quality of the product on the field. I know there are a few major boosters on this board and I appreciate their financial investments in the Gators. But many, many of us have emotional investments that can make us just as miserable. Is it worth it?
I like a lot of teams in the NFL and that list can change based on my familiarity with the players. So their is no emotional investment, only the enjoyment of watching true professionals execute the plans of the brightest coaches (of course there are exceptions.) But based on the first two weekends with in the NFL with the dynamic kickoff it is more of a Nonstop Fun League than the No Fun League of the past.
CFB vs NFL is really becoming similar to watching AAA Baseball vs MLB.
College players are gaming the system and desperate teams are paying big money to players that will never make that much money again in their lives (prime example DJU at FSU). And the coaches have to rinse and repeat every year even with their own players. When free agency hit professional sports a lot of people thought it was the beginning of the end. But the NFL has never been more successful. The 32 teams in the NFL generated nearly $13 Billion (over $12 B from TV) last year, CFB with over 130 teams generated about $3.55 Billion (in 2022 from TV...less than $3 B). I don't get it. More games are on TV, there are probably 10-15 more minutes of scheduled commercials on CFB...look it up, timeouts in CFB as long as 3:20 minutes, NFL 1-2 minutes. Halftimes in CFB are 5-7 minutes longer. Play reviews are almost instant in the NFL because of their technology in New York. CFB reviews take FOREVER....thus even more commercials.
That speaks volumes about the quality of the product on the field. I know there are a few major boosters on this board and I appreciate their financial investments in the Gators. But many, many of us have emotional investments that can make us just as miserable. Is it worth it?
I like a lot of teams in the NFL and that list can change based on my familiarity with the players. So their is no emotional investment, only the enjoyment of watching true professionals execute the plans of the brightest coaches (of course there are exceptions.) But based on the first two weekends with in the NFL with the dynamic kickoff it is more of a Nonstop Fun League than the No Fun League of the past.
CFB vs NFL is really becoming similar to watching AAA Baseball vs MLB.
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