NCAA vs NFL

              One argument that seems to go on between friends and family is which sport is better in general, college football or professional football.  What is truly “better”?  I consider better into three seperate categories: players commitment, percentage watched on t.v. and game's atmosphere.

 College Football                                                                                                          NFL

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Okay, once a college player makes it to the NFL sometime changes about their personality. To me, it seems that as soon as they are able to sign the big contract and get endorsements from huge multi-million companies they lose focus on what’s important which is the game of football. I feel that athletes lose the desire and motivation they had when they were just playing the game because they loved to play.  That once money got thrown into the equation they think that they are something amazing and lose focus on playing for the team. In college football, each athlete may not make it to the NFL; their main purpose is to gain an education.  I just believe that it’s all about the money to professional athletes in any professional sport, and that playing for a team and college is more of a message that American’s should hear.  So, in terms of player’s commitment I believe that college football has more committed athletes.

                 When comparing sports one thing that needs to be brought up is how often is such sports are televised and how many people watch the event. For instance, the Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the country every year.  On the contrary the college football national championship is among the top watched event every year in sports.  But, on a week to week basis there is fantasy football and other games involved with the NFL thus, in reality, the NFL is probably watched more or televised more to the American public then college football.

                Lastly is the game’s atmosphere. Ever been to Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, or Florida on a Saturday afternoon in autumn? These are just a few of the many college football stadiums in the country that pack over 100,000 screaming fans into their stadium to see their favorite team take the field. Compared to the NFL, where most of the fans are there to see their team win but it is often not at the intensity level of a college football game is at. There is just something about an entire student section all wearing matching colors to scream for 60 minutes as there team battles for a victory.  In terms of the game’s atmosphere I give the edge to college football.

                Thus on a 2-1 victory, College football is arguably better than the NFL.