As stated before, there is no "minor league" for the NFL. Of course you can go to some joke of a league but you are going to get nowhere near the respect you would get for competing at the college level. I was referring to the lack of a minor league in my argument, I didn't suggest that most of these kids could go straight to the NFL.
Instead of all these charades, Stitches, can you simply give me a reason that Noel Devine shouldn't get to play for a big time college? If your reason is that you think it makes a mockery of the college, then I guess that's your opinion and I will respectfully disagree.
It gives the college exposure and earns money that is used to support the other sports at the school, mainly women's sports and lesser men's sports. Ultimately it makes for a more involved student body.
The school wins, the student body wins, and the athlete wins. The only people who gripe are the elitists who wag their fingers and look down on the athletes for not taking their academics as seriously as they had hoped.