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The problem with NFL Europe was that they were "trying" to do a development league but even more so trying to build a fan base and determine viability of expanding into Europe.

A minor league in the states would work just as well if not better than it does for baseball, given the two sports current popularity and the relative sparseness of NFL cities/teams. I know if I didn't have an NFL team close by I would support a "minor" league team just as much as I enjoy following the minor leagues in baseball, and even basketballs D league to a lesser extent.

It would please me even more if the NFL minor league kept the quirkiness of baseballs minor league team names and venue sideshows.
 
If they do create a viable minor league football system what would everyone's thoughts be on potentially signing high school players to develop similar to the system in baseball? Everyone complains that the current college offensive systems are too different from the professional and that everyone (especially QBs) is tough to evaluate and takes longer to learn when they arrive at the NFL. This could potentially improve the quality of play at the top level but I don't know how realistic it is with the popularity of college football. The push-back from them would be prodigious. Interesting hypothetical to think about what a great high school player might look like after 2-4 years working within a pro system with pro coaching etc where the focus is on their development and not the outcome of the game necessarily.
 
Jackie Chiles said:
If they do create a viable minor league football system what would everyone's thoughts be on potentially signing high school players to develop similar to the system in baseball? Everyone complains that the current college offensive systems are too different from the professional and that everyone (especially QBs) is tough to evaluate and takes longer to learn when they arrive at the NFL. This could potentially improve the quality of play at the top level but I don't know how realistic it is with the popularity of college football. The push-back from them would be prodigious. Interesting hypothetical to think about what a great high school player might look like after 2-4 years working within a pro system with pro coaching etc where the focus is on their development and not the outcome of the game necessarily.
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Hmm... I don't believe I would like to see high school graduates in a NFL development league. First I wouldn't want to dilute the talent pool at the college level, second and most importantly there is a severe difference in the body composition between a baseball and a football player. The football players are going to need a few more years to add strength and bulk before they are thrown into an NFL caliber system. You are just asking for injuries. IMHO of course.
 
The developmental league should be for college players eligible for the NFL, same rules they have now, to learn how to play the NFL game. College QBs, for example, are not learning how to play NFL QB in college and that's the reason there are so many misses when drafting a QB.

In college you have "athletes" playing the position called QB. When they get to the LOS, they're not looking over the defense, they're looking to the sidelines to see what the coaches are telling them to do after they've seen the defense. The player's athleticism takes it from there, which in college you can get away with. In the NFL, athleticism alone, will not get you very far.
 
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Jackie Chiles said:
If they do create a viable minor league football system what would everyone's thoughts be on potentially signing high school players to develop similar to the system in baseball? Everyone complains that the current college offensive systems are too different from the professional and that everyone (especially QBs) is tough to evaluate and takes longer to learn when they arrive at the NFL. This could potentially improve the quality of play at the top level but I don't know how realistic it is with the popularity of college football. The push-back from them would be prodigious. Interesting hypothetical to think about what a great high school player might look like after 2-4 years working within a pro system with pro coaching etc where the focus is on their development and not the outcome of the game necessarily.
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That's what summer time football summer camps and clinics are supposed to do. The kids get coaching without the risk of the kids getting seriously hurt.
Google "football camps and clinics", there are tons of them out there.

Edit: And where you been, dude?
Still representing Kramer?
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I know a number of people poo-poo on the idea of the current student athlete, but to the contrary a lot of these young men take going to school seriously while playing ball, and amongst the many that maybe don't make it a priority are those that are still given the opportunity to give it a chance that otherwise never would've.

I'm not fond of the idea of removing the education part of going to school to play football. This sport is too violent to have kids at 18/19 staking their whole future on it with no contingency.
 
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I know a number of people poo-poo on the idea of the current student athlete, but to the contrary a lot of these young men take going to school seriously while playing ball, and amongst the many that maybe don't make it a priority are those that are still given the opportunity to give it a chance that otherwise never would've.

I'm not fond of the idea of removing the education part of going to school to play football. This sport is too violent to have kids at 18/19 staking their whole future on it with no contingency.
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— Seventy-five percent of FBS players received diplomas, a number that held steady, while those in the Football Championship Subdivision went from 72 percent last year to 76 percent this year.


http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/ncaa-college-athletes-breaking-records-graduation-rates
 
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