Thread by @iowahawkblog

Not sure non-Confederacy states are a good brand fit for the SEC

https://twitter.com/JackMacCFB/status/1418678701135384579

First African-American football player at Alabama: 1971

First African-American football player at Michigan: 1890

https://twitter.com/CAPABLANCA_92/status/1419683691211595783

In a shock to absolutely no one, this whole thing is being brokered by ESPN

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1419398311195328517

I am absolutely in favor of college athletes making as much money from it as they can, openly, and reported to the IRS.

https://twitter.com/mideberry/status/1419697533874495489

at DePaul my son had a couple of friends on the basketball pep band who were paid like $30 or something per game to play, which would have been NCAA probation if it had gone to the actual basketball players. That is insane.

That said, I also support college athletes having to meet the same entrance requirements as every other student at their colleges. Put their applications in the same stack as everybody else, and athletic achievements don't count

I am also OK with universities licensing their stadiums, trademarks, etc, to an openly professional NFL development league that has no pretense that players are actual students, just that they will get a free scholarship after their playing days are over.

You could have a 5 year up-or-out system; no academic requirements at all, just focus on FB, get paid, and you're free to transfer at will. One year of post-FB tuition full ride for every year played. If ended by injury, you get immediate 5 year full ride.

Players would still get a 5 year full ride at the college, same as now, they just aren't required to use it till later.

https://twitter.com/thomasa56/status/1419709949471514625

I really think this kind of system would more likely un-ruin college basketball than ruin college football.