Recently I have heard a lot of tallk about how college sports are vastly superior to pro sports. The question I have is are these people actually watching the games?
Say what you want about the prima donnas in the professional game, the overpaid and spoiled athletes, and the "lack of heart" that so many claim the professional game has. The truth is, when you look ONLY at the games and the systems of pro football, basketball, and any other sport you will always find the professional sport to be more enjoyable to watch.
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Lets first look at football. While I don't want to get into a huge argument about the BCS (there are plenty of other blogs for that) no one can argue that it is a great system. For example, what do you do with undefeated Boise State? How can an undefeated team not be the best one? Pro football keeps it so that the regular season is important but not the single deciding factor, making it maybe the best system in all of sports right now.
Then theres the acutal quality of the game. There are bigger hits, better passes, bigger catches - everything is 10 times as fast and 10 times as physical. Only a small percent of the college athletes make it to the pros; it is truly elite.
^ You pay more for NFL sunday ticket than either of the college ones.
How about college basketball you ask? The ultimate system right? No one can complain when 65 teams get a chance at title. And there are always those amazing last second shots to go along with it! Sure, in reality only 8 or 9 teams have a legitmate shot at winning it and there is a higher chance of buzzer beaters if you play around a 100 games, but what does that matter?
The fact of the matter is that college basketball's tournament isn't that great. The fact that the best team never wins is terrible! Whats the whole point of working your #### of the entire season and spending all that time in the weight room if in the end the best team doesn't win? Parody is good, but not when it eliminates the whole point of playing the game. With a 7-game series the NBA always chooses the right champion. Let me say this - if I knew nothing about the Lakers and nothing about college basketball, I would much rather watch Kobe put up 65 points in a blowout then watch a semi-close college basketball game.
People talk about rivalries in college sports. Yankees-Red Sox trumps them all. They talk about how fans are more devoted to their college teams. Have you seen a Packers fan go out in freezing temperature to watch his team get blown out EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY? Pro sports rule. Period.
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