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There is a storm brewing on the horizon for the NFL. Class action lawsuits are being filed and these lawsuits could cripple the NFL.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/...rt-piling-up-nfl-could-some-day-face-end-game
Of course, what hurts the NFL, hurts college football. It's not hard to imagine that by the time these TV contracts cycle for renewal that the football landscape could be completely different and possibly...nonexistent. Maybe the game goes away but more likely the contact is dumbed down and the game doesn't quite resemble what we see (and hear) today. What if athletes shy away from football and intead pursue other sports that have less of a long term impact on their health and well being?
Is it possible that football may no longer drive the bus? Is it possible that basketball will once again be king? I think that scenario is a very real possibility and I wonder who amongst the decision makers is even considering what the concussion syndrome lawsuits and the conditions that make them possible will have as an effect on all of football.
I think it's interesting to view the conference alignment madness through this lens. Is it possible that right now we are in the midst of the peak of college football and it's effect on the college landscape?
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/...rt-piling-up-nfl-could-some-day-face-end-game
Of course, what hurts the NFL, hurts college football. It's not hard to imagine that by the time these TV contracts cycle for renewal that the football landscape could be completely different and possibly...nonexistent. Maybe the game goes away but more likely the contact is dumbed down and the game doesn't quite resemble what we see (and hear) today. What if athletes shy away from football and intead pursue other sports that have less of a long term impact on their health and well being?
Is it possible that football may no longer drive the bus? Is it possible that basketball will once again be king? I think that scenario is a very real possibility and I wonder who amongst the decision makers is even considering what the concussion syndrome lawsuits and the conditions that make them possible will have as an effect on all of football.
I think it's interesting to view the conference alignment madness through this lens. Is it possible that right now we are in the midst of the peak of college football and it's effect on the college landscape?