NFL: Planning For A Development League
Will the league really develop players?
The cost of NFL Europe wasn’t really cheap. Every NFL team gave close to about $500,000 during the final spring season. It didn’t really make a significant difference in the bank for the main stream NFL league that generated roughly $6 billion in revenue that same year.
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Sadly, this isn’t meant to be a league for employment for the fans but for players to understand that this is the last chance to make an impression. This is also can be the beginning for the coaches, scouts, and personal members who’ll help create the teams’ rosters.
Players like Jon Kitna, Dante Hall, David Akers, Brad Johnson, James Harrison, Jake Delhomme, William Perry, Adam Vinatieri, and Kurt Warner all came out of an development league and led a respectable career.
The NFL is a place where many careers last long. Three years isn’t going to be enough time to throw a player to the curb and forget about him. Maybe developing a sub-league isn’t the right idea but it can actually be useful if the NFL puts total effort into trying to make it work.