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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1019712" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>That's the problem. It doesn't represent the teams. It would have to be a minor league system. Each NFL team would have it's own development team. It's expensive, but the results would be amazing. </p><p></p><p>Roughly 50% of the players in the G-League make it into the NBA. The players on each team are actually under contract to the NBA team they represent. The attendance? Not too good, but some teams actually average over 4,000 per game. It actually has been shown to be higher in locations where they've made it a point to televise games. Even if it's only televising road games for free, and having the home games behind a fairly priced paid service would really help fill seats. </p><p></p><p>I don't believe the figure of 50% is attainable for minor league football, but I do think it could go as high as 20 to 25%, but that's just a guess, based on the level of talent that's out there. To make it work, the minor league team would use the same offense and defense, along with nomenclature, as their sponsor. That way, every player on that team would essentially be a "two-way player," just like the present day practice squad. You could establish a similar way of handling call ups, with some changes.</p><p></p><p>I honestly think it would work. The profit levels for NFL teams, and the salaries for players, wouldn't really take much of a hit. The only reason they aren't doing something like that now is that they've allowed themselves to feed off the college ranks, because it's "free."</p><p></p><p>To make it work right, you'd have to strongly consider that your minor league team should be located in a city in your present footprint of fans. As an example, the Packers would probably choose Milwaukee, or Madison, but they could pick out another city where they think attendance and side income would be better. Chicago, as an example, could choose Rockford, Springfield, or even a suburb of Chicago. As an example, the Chicago Blackhawks minor league team is in Rockford, and they are a huge success because people see players who can and will be on the ice for the 'Hawks in the future. It's the link that makes it most interesting.</p><p></p><p>The NFL talks about reaching out to foreign markets to make more money. Yet, they don't even reach out in the US, to bring their game to more people. It's also a way of hooking more fans into support of the parent team. It happened in Rockford. The interest in hockey was so low before the Ice Hogs that it was just a short article in the papers. Now it's big time headlines, and dominates the sports on radio and TV, because there's that link to the Blackhawks.</p><p></p><p>I'm just throwing out ideas here. Not saying it's going to happen. The fact is, NFL teams don't want to part with a nickel for anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1019712, member: 17953"] That's the problem. It doesn't represent the teams. It would have to be a minor league system. Each NFL team would have it's own development team. It's expensive, but the results would be amazing. Roughly 50% of the players in the G-League make it into the NBA. The players on each team are actually under contract to the NBA team they represent. The attendance? Not too good, but some teams actually average over 4,000 per game. It actually has been shown to be higher in locations where they've made it a point to televise games. Even if it's only televising road games for free, and having the home games behind a fairly priced paid service would really help fill seats. I don't believe the figure of 50% is attainable for minor league football, but I do think it could go as high as 20 to 25%, but that's just a guess, based on the level of talent that's out there. To make it work, the minor league team would use the same offense and defense, along with nomenclature, as their sponsor. That way, every player on that team would essentially be a "two-way player," just like the present day practice squad. You could establish a similar way of handling call ups, with some changes. I honestly think it would work. The profit levels for NFL teams, and the salaries for players, wouldn't really take much of a hit. The only reason they aren't doing something like that now is that they've allowed themselves to feed off the college ranks, because it's "free." To make it work right, you'd have to strongly consider that your minor league team should be located in a city in your present footprint of fans. As an example, the Packers would probably choose Milwaukee, or Madison, but they could pick out another city where they think attendance and side income would be better. Chicago, as an example, could choose Rockford, Springfield, or even a suburb of Chicago. As an example, the Chicago Blackhawks minor league team is in Rockford, and they are a huge success because people see players who can and will be on the ice for the 'Hawks in the future. It's the link that makes it most interesting. The NFL talks about reaching out to foreign markets to make more money. Yet, they don't even reach out in the US, to bring their game to more people. It's also a way of hooking more fans into support of the parent team. It happened in Rockford. The interest in hockey was so low before the Ice Hogs that it was just a short article in the papers. Now it's big time headlines, and dominates the sports on radio and TV, because there's that link to the Blackhawks. I'm just throwing out ideas here. Not saying it's going to happen. The fact is, NFL teams don't want to part with a nickel for anything. [/QUOTE]
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