Thereās still a few differences in the NFL and college football, but many less differences than there used to be. One of the big remaining ones is ownership and with that, return on investment. That is clear in the NFL, but it is worse than muddy in college. There is no real clear owner other than the NCAA and conferences. But they arenāt the ones that are funding the collectives that pay the players. The fans and boosters are the ones fronting the money and what return do they get? Some put the kids in commercials, so thereās some return there, some get to meet the players, that could be considered return. But again itās muddy. And how long will big boosters keep throwing big money to get players with the main return being bragging rights? Guys with real deep pockets like to often show the depth of said pockets and have pissing contests, but at some point they wise up. The model now is very different and odd from a business standpoint. At least in my opinion.
