<p>Somebody needs to figure out a way of establishing professional minor leagues in football and basketball. That would fix the money-related problems in college football and basketball. </p>
<p>There are two other major professional sports in the US, namely baseball and hockey, and we don’t have the same corrupting hypocrisy in the college versions of those two sports. If a young baseball or hockey player wants to focus on that sport, the non-college paths are actually better than the college path. However, in football or basketball, college is the only practical choice for sports development.</p>
<p>Tempting as it may be to rip up and re-structure college football and basketball, there is no guarantee of getting it right.</p>