Urban Meyer has seen enough of professional football to know it doesn't belong as a carbon copy in college.
During this week's “Triple Option College Football Playoff Ranking Reaction” show, the former Ohio State head coach and FOX Sports analyst rejected the idea of adopting an NFL-style trade deadline.
The topic came up when Rob Stone suggested a mock “trade deadline day” for college football following one of the busiest NFL trade deadlines in recent memory. But Meyer immediately shot down the proposal.
“What the hell are you talking about? What are we doing, Rob?” Meyer said. “Don’t you dare ask that question. Then you’d just make college football the minor leagues for the NFL and get them out of school.”
Meyer’s other co-host Mark Ingram II noted that such a system would require college athletics to move even further toward a professional model, including collective bargaining and classifying players as employees. “It won’t happen because we’re still battling over when the portal should be opened or closed,” Ingram said.
Meyer then pivoted to the current landscape, sayin playoff expansion has kept college football thriving. “You’ve got 15 to 20 teams still alive in the Playoff hunt,” Meyer said. “It couldn’t be better for the fans or the players."
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