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Message: [QUOTE="Moontan, post: 3104124, member: 166"] That works for hoops, but not American football. 18 year old kids will get crushed in the NFL. A developmental league might be interesting. Play there for 2 years in hopes of getting drafted. 8 or so teams. Kids that make the teams get room & board + $50k or so. Then the question is... do you want to get paid to play on dev league team in a high school stadium, or do you want to play in front of 40-110k crowds. Even "paying for likeness" types of situations are troublesome. "Hey, Johnny! The Ford dealership thinks so highly of you that if you visit there one off-season Saturday morning for a photo shoot and fan picture signing they'll put $250,000 in your 'likeness bank account'. We hear that Tech's Chevy dealer will only pay $100,000. We trust that you'll be signing to play with State. Go Johnny! Go State!" [/QUOTE]