100%. Once they divorce football from being supported or operated by the schools, it's no longer "college" football. It certainly won't have anything to do with the university. I've seen people say that the spun off football teams could license the naming and branding from the school, but in my opinion they're only kidding themselves. They can try that, but it won't be college athletics. It'll feel phony, because it will be pfony. And the new football companies or whatever they'll be, they'll lose their connections with the communities, with the traditions of the schools, the history of the regions, all of it. I've said it enough times already, but supporting students who've chosen to make their way through college playing football at your alma mater (or your local school) is a hell of a lot different from supporting professional athletes who are just cashing their checks. I mean, if people were to stop and think about how much of the marketing, the branding, and the gameday experience is centered on the schools and the school's brand, I think, or rather, I'd hope, that they'd realize just how wrong that's going to feel. Some people say they're fine with that. But I think most, and I know I'm one, won't be.
