And the sad thing is, we have posters right here at Surly who welcome this new paradigm. They want NFL 2.0, or NFL Minor League, or NFL Light....whatever you want to call it.
Just another example of people not understanding their brand and their market position. College football was unique from the NFL, and it was that uniqueness that appealed to so many. Yet, it is that uniqueness that people are wanting to eliminate in favor of a 32 team super league (maybe, just maybe, if they would expand it to 64 teams they can retain some of what people love about college football, but I'm doubtful they will and even at 64 it may still be such a change that the uniqueness of college football will still be lost). A lot of that college atmosphere that people loved has already been eliminated via mega jumbotrons, less band playing in favor of more canned music through the jumbtron, advertising in the stadium everytime the clock stops, etc.