Several non-fake news outlets are reporting the impending launch of a new professional football league.
The Pacific Pro league would feature players who have NFL-level talents and aspirations, but are not suited for college football's academic rigors (Insert SEC joke here).
The Pacific Pro Football League is for players who have graduated from high school but aren't in college and haven't been out for three years in order to make themselves eligible for the NFL. The four-team league, based in Southern California, says it will pay players an average salary of $50,000 and play eight games "under professional football rules, protocols and style," according to a statement sent out by the league.
I am supportive of the idea of giving players another career option that does not make them serfs of the NCAA feudal lords. Whether this flies as a business is anyone's guess. Professional football is littered with failed attempts to create a counterpart/competitor to the NFL.
The Pacific Pro league would feature players who have NFL-level talents and aspirations, but are not suited for college football's academic rigors (Insert SEC joke here).
The Pacific Pro Football League is for players who have graduated from high school but aren't in college and haven't been out for three years in order to make themselves eligible for the NFL. The four-team league, based in Southern California, says it will pay players an average salary of $50,000 and play eight games "under professional football rules, protocols and style," according to a statement sent out by the league.
I am supportive of the idea of giving players another career option that does not make them serfs of the NCAA feudal lords. Whether this flies as a business is anyone's guess. Professional football is littered with failed attempts to create a counterpart/competitor to the NFL.