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per Athlons:
College football is as popular as ever. That’s likely not changing anytime soon. But popularity doesn’t guarantee that bubbles will never burst. There are challenges facing the sport and, to varying degrees, they are very real:
• Declining attendance in the regular season and at some bowl games
• Increasing financial gap between the haves and have-nots as schools provide more benefits to players
• Growing health concerns about concussions that could limit football’s talent pool
• External threats to pay players and/or give them more legal rights
“College football is an extraordinary game,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says. “I think the months of October and November are the best regular season in all of sports, and I think there’s a lot right with college football. But we ought to be thoughtful, or we’ll find ourselves in a much different place in the future.”
http://athlonsports.com/magazines/college-football-bubble-about-burst
Go Gophers!!
College football is as popular as ever. That’s likely not changing anytime soon. But popularity doesn’t guarantee that bubbles will never burst. There are challenges facing the sport and, to varying degrees, they are very real:
• Declining attendance in the regular season and at some bowl games
• Increasing financial gap between the haves and have-nots as schools provide more benefits to players
• Growing health concerns about concussions that could limit football’s talent pool
• External threats to pay players and/or give them more legal rights
“College football is an extraordinary game,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says. “I think the months of October and November are the best regular season in all of sports, and I think there’s a lot right with college football. But we ought to be thoughtful, or we’ll find ourselves in a much different place in the future.”
http://athlonsports.com/magazines/college-football-bubble-about-burst
Go Gophers!!