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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 2317747, member: 237"]
Change takes longer in this country but we do things far differently. With that said we stand alone as having collegiate athletics as a major player in our entertainment sector. Across the globe it is professional sports with multiple levels, namely soccer. There are typically at least 3 levels before  you go down to amateur and even then those are not universities.

The financials do not always work given corruption etc but the reality is we already are using some of this approach given baseball's long-standing minor league structure and now the nbdl. At some point, given baseball has a long standing model - this has to be the model for other sports. It is the closest to the global model but also allows retaining the college product as a major player in entertainment. Additionally, it brings more sports crazed markets into the semi pro market without instituting the relegation/promotion model used overseas thus keeping it "American"
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