This is a contributing factor as to why the U.S. does so well in the Olympics. Because most colleges and universities have a swim team, diving team, volleyball team, wrestling team, water polo team, tennis team, rowing team, track and field team, gymnastics team, etc.
@RobertMJohnson4 күн бұрын
@@kevcolli6678 Lacrosse is a Native American sport i'm going to give Cheerleading to the US, also. baseball and softball are American, of course, and although sort of from cricket we're going to have to call BS because baseball is 1000x more demanding than cricket. wind-surfing was invented in the US snowboarding was invented in the US and derives from surfing, so we'll credit Hawaii Polynesians invented surfing and thus Hawaiians Skateboarding was invented in Southern California Basketball was invented in the US by a Canadian-American, and I'm not sure i would say Basketball derived directly from Europe. What sport is like basketball in Europe? Football was invented in the US and derives from rugby, but is still incredibly unique and entirely more injurious. Volleyball and beach volleyball is American but derives from badminton. still much different BMX and Mountain biking were invented in California, even though we derive bikes, from Europe, they had nothing like modern BMX and modern mountain biking.
@worstgamer11623 күн бұрын
Yet, we cant be decent at the world cup😢 correct me if im wrong, but is it mostly because its not that popular here? I honestly dont even play or watch unless its world cup or euro, or if bayern is playing.
@Hayseo2 күн бұрын
@@timb.4742 Most schools dropped Wrestling to become compliant with title IX. My school dropped wrestling and added women’s lacrosse, women’s field hockey, and women’s rowing to offset the large number of football scholarships, to become compliant. But now that men can be considered women. I think we could just drop title IX altogether.
@vahi372 күн бұрын
@@worstgamer1162 It's getting more popular. Atlanta United sells out the stadium on regular basis. (70 thousand).
@stephensharp35433 күн бұрын
People from other countries don't realize how big america is sometimes. In most pro sports there are only 30 something teams in the league and some cities having 2 teams in the same city. A lot of areas don't have pro teams in their state or city. Pretty much everyone has a college close to them that they support though. People are usually proud from where they come from so they get behind whatever college is close to them.
@KatyFaulkner-f6c4 күн бұрын
The main source for the NBA is College, but sometimes it's high schools. Kobe Bryant was recruited before college. Same with football. The pro and college teams have scouts that go out and watch the high school teams to see who is up and coming and they follow their careers closely!
@sgrag0024 күн бұрын
That University of Nebraska volleyball game in your thumbnail actually had 92000 spectators and is the highest attended woman's sporting event in history.
@Hayseo4 күн бұрын
And, the highest attended “indoor” NCAA women’s volleyball game was this year, 2024. Penn State versus Louisville, In the NCAA tournament championship game. In Louisville Kentucky 21,800.
@mattr89044 күн бұрын
GBR!
@johnsheridan31072 күн бұрын
GBR!
@Wxqzq98262 күн бұрын
Yeah and it was all set up and organized for “women sports”. Don’t act like yall would actually have 92k at a women’s volleyball match😂
@FJA---Күн бұрын
That's correct. 92,000, is the largest crowd in UNL's Memorial stadium's history.
@waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaluigi4 күн бұрын
Steph Curry actually began his stardom in March Madness, when he took the small school of Davidson on a cinderella run
@BTinSF4 күн бұрын
Didn’t hurt: Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and the older brother of current NBA player Seth Curry.
@baraxor4 күн бұрын
My neighbor a few houses up always has a University of Texas Longhorns flag displayed from his front porch during football season. College alumni in the US are very much fans for life of their alma mater.
@Derby_City_Dasher4 күн бұрын
The crowd to ever see a basketball game was over 78k played in Ford Field in 2003 Kentucky vs Michigan St.. So I could see a basketball that fill an 100k building if it's the right opponents and they can find a building big enough, because no basketball arena seats anywhere close to 100k, but still they couldn't do it every week.
@hardtackbeans97904 күн бұрын
One reason (main reason?) is the size of the country. I see Laurance touches on this. In the UK, France, Italy, etc, you get on a train for 30 minutes to go to your nearest professional game. There are exceptions of course. In the US, many people are a two hour flight to the nearest game. In fact Alaska & Hawaii are thousands of miles away. This is why college & even high school games are so wildly popular. They also put out a quality product at a reasonable price. The US wants to see the local kid make good. Which seems to be lost on the rest of the world.
@jno993 күн бұрын
To be fair to Laurence, accurately predicting the final four teams during March Madness is very difficult. The tournament starts with 68 teams. Anything can happen-usually there’s a “Cinderella” team who nobody saw coming or major “bracket busters” when low seeded teams beat top seeded teams in the first round. Laurence alluded to the “rawness” of college vs. pro sports. The drama is very high in college sports because the players no matter how good only have a certain number of years of eligibility (4 years, 5 with some exceptions).
@tperkКүн бұрын
Plus in college there's a wider range in quality of talent. In the NFL, everyone is elite so there's less chance of something unexpected happening and that equals boring competition.
@jno99Күн бұрын
Exactly. I don’t watch the NBA but I’m told it can be boring bc of the elite level of play. No defense, all 3 pointers.
@donnaoleske68044 күн бұрын
A lot of NCAA basketball fans schedule their vacation days around March Madness. It's also the number one time for vasectomies! (at least during the first two rounds) There are 68 teams and one loss and you're out, so it's much more exciting than the NBA where they can play up to 7 games in the championship series. Plus there are always upsets and buzzer beaters.
@a77349994 күн бұрын
UofM stadium is the largest in the US, seating 114,000 people. The city it is located in only has 120,000 people. They sell out nearly every game.
@a001417994 күн бұрын
Its as simple as this for me. There are currently 32 NFL teams and approx 135 Div 1 college football teams. So there many populations of people who don't have a NFL team within hundreds so miles but they all have local or regional college teams. And when you include Div II and III colleges the number swells to well over 350 teams to watch and support vs 32 NFL teams. And as the video explains, college football existed long before there were professional teams which again, is an advantage to college football. And finally the fact that NFL teams sometimes move cities for financial reasons might put some people off from completely investing emotionally into a team that might just be renting a stadium in your city lol...
@darkjedi744 күн бұрын
Another thing to keep in mind is that in professional sports, you have 30 to 32 teams in each league, the closest of which may be hundreds of miles from where people are from. For most people, they probably live closer to a major university than they do a professional team. Another thing, colleges never have to worry about moving. Professional teams move somewhat frequently, which can alienate a fan base.
@cschaf194 күн бұрын
The photo in your thumbnail is from the University of Nebraska’s volleyball team, when they played in the football stadium in 2023 and set the world attendance record for any women’s sporting event with 92,003 people there. I’d highly recommend the video they made about it as college volleyball has exploded in popularity in recent years. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHalpXytpq9ondksi=riCLBVOSm7kX5lnU
@rick_thunder4 күн бұрын
About two-thirds of NBA players are American, and about 95% of them are coming from an American university. The other 5% come from another pro league before entering the NBA. The Australian league is quite popular for Americans to play in prior to entering the NBA.
@SGlitz3 күн бұрын
Ohio and Michigan (the States) date back to 1835. College football from 1880s. The peak in the 1970s. So, nearly 200 years...that's a lot of History...
@vortexathleticКүн бұрын
Referring to history… College Football: since 1869 NFL: founded 1920 College Basketball: since 1893 NBA: founded 1946 College Hockey: since 1896 NHL: founded 1917 etc.
@squishy16244 күн бұрын
for the NBA, if they’re drafting in the country, i’m pretty sure it’s a requirement to play 1 year of college basketball, after which you can opt into the draft or stay. they use to be able to draft straight out of high school like Lebron and Kobe
@sierraskyit4 күн бұрын
One thing I think constantly gets forgotten is that there are 50 states, more than 350 million people, and thousands and thousands of colleges and universities in the US. There are just a lot of people who want to be connected to sports in one way or another and that in and of itself is part of what sustains all of these programs. And to answer your other question about whether or not college sports are more local than professional sports, not necessarily. It is also often overlooked that many of these big universities have between 30 and 60,000 students attending every year from all over the country and the world. So yes, there will be a very strong local fan base for college sports, but there will be a never-ending and growing network of fans from all over the country and the world. I grew up in Oregon, I am a big Oregon Ducks fan. If I wear a baseball cap or sweatshirt with the Oregon Duck logo, somebody is going to greet me whenever I travel no matter where it is around the world. And we are not even one of the college biggest sports programs out there.
@arj715424 күн бұрын
Support for college teams will also extend throughout the country and won't be confined to the area around the school. Alumni of especially the larger schools are diverse so supporters can live anywhere. People are more likely to follow a pro team because they live in that town rather than a college.
@revgurley3 күн бұрын
New sub! My husband went to a big basketball school (university), so March Madness is important to him, even if his alma mater isn't in the finals. The first 2 days of the tournament are constant games all day, one-game loss elimination. He takes off those days from work to watch. Somehow, I managed to talk him into having our wedding in March (my bad) so we've spent more than one anniversary at a college basketball game. It's harder to go from college to NBA (professional basketball) because teams are small (between 13-15 people), so it's harder to be drafted. College football teams have 85-100 players, and NFL teams have 53. So no, not all, or even most, college sports players go on to play professionally. Oddly enough, the style of play for both basketball and football differs slightly between college and professional, and several REALLY good college players don't make it in the big leagues. And some mediocre players in college are really good professionally. One way people get excited for March Madness is to make a "bracket," that is, the teams are listed as they play each other, and you choose who you think will win the game. Remember, it's "one-and-done," so if a team you pick to be in the Final 4 and they lose in the first round, your "bracket is busted." Some games are called "bracket busters" if a lower ranked team beats a 1 or 2 seed, because most people would've had the losing team as winning. These bets (sort of) are played in workplaces, neighborhoods, or friend groups. Since gambling isn't allowed in many states, these brackets, which are basically betting, have small or no winning prize. Usually just what's in the "pot." (To make a bracket, you pay, say $1 - depending how many are playing, if you get the highest teams winning, you'd get the pot of $10-$50).
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay4 күн бұрын
Michael Jordan came from the University of North Carolina. And Larry Bird from the University of Indiana. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls for the most part, and Bird played for the Boston Celtics. But yeah, before most pro games, the players will be on the display screens with their college listed. College is the recruiting grounds for pro players. That's why it's taken so seriously, but like in my other post, you may only get a couple players from each college team getting drafted by the pro teams each year. So college play is very important for everybody that doesn't make it to the pros.
@Sugarfluxy4 күн бұрын
Larry Bird played for Indiana State. The Sycamores not the Hoosiers.
@buckeyegirl164 күн бұрын
People are typically loyal to the college team they grew up with no matter where they move within the US. Its kinda like music. People typically listen to the music they grew up with during their teens and 20s even decades later. I've lived in several states, but grew up in Ohio and am still a die hard Ohio State fan even tho I've now lived in Texas longer than I lived in Ohio, lol 😊
@pushpak4 күн бұрын
"Why the world finds American sports strange" by Tifo Sports is a more detailed video about college sports.
@a3gill3 күн бұрын
The general rule is about 1% of HS kids play big time college sports and 1% of them go pro.
@averybrandt21732 күн бұрын
love that your back doing sports reactions homie! been a subscriber since 2019-2020 when you first started learning American sports!
@kaligirl19804 күн бұрын
University athletics in the US is the main way the professional teams recruit players.
@douglasostrander50724 күн бұрын
I grew up in Ann Arbor, played football and was a River Rat. My grandfather taught at Michigan and despite going to The University of Arizona my blood runs blue.
@pushpak4 күн бұрын
17:27 Yes and many states have more than one major college to support.
@anthonysalomone36984 күн бұрын
There is a College World Series of baseball held yearly in Omaha, in June.
@alarrim295744 күн бұрын
And it’s electric
@hifijohn4 күн бұрын
the stadium was built just for the college world series.
@JW-tr1nw4 күн бұрын
He’s exactly right. I live in Kentucky & have been a die hard University of Kentucky basketball/football fan my whole life. The professional sports city closest to me is Cincinnati & they don’t have an NBA team, so for basketball I’ve never paid attention to it & always college basketball.
@Idealdeath83044 күн бұрын
You def gotta watch tifos “why the world finds American sports so strange”
@kindredspiritbaseballmom79134 күн бұрын
Hometown fans are a big part of college sports. I'm a huge fan of my hometown college team even though I went to a different college. Most locals will cheer for their city or state's most popular college. My hometown has more than one college but the others are not as popular in the "sports world". I'm still a fan of my hometown team even though I have moved away to a different state.
@sunflower32814 күн бұрын
Love your curiosity! It’s always refreshing. Youre introspective as well. Happy New Years to you & your family!
@patriciafeehan77324 күн бұрын
Lawrence living in Chicago is talking about gambling. You win money, if you place a bet on basketball game(s). In the football Super Bowl you gamble by buying a box and winning depends on the final scores at the end of the four quarters. It is a total random win, your numbers are selected right before game time. Look at you Lawrence, here in the US and gambling. lol
@gregcable32504 күн бұрын
Don't forget also that most of the local and attending college fans are kids ages 18 to 22, who are looking for a reason to have fun and have a party, to blow off steam from school work, etc. They party before, during and after the game (and the night before!). So it is a source of great entertainment for young knuckleheads, and then, logically, great subsequent nostalgia, for life, for graduates of these schools. These schools nourish these memories in the students and alumni, and subsequently benefit later on from the largess of contributing alumni.
@cdfdesantis6994 күн бұрын
American professional sports draw heavily from American colleges & universities; however, extremely talented high school players are occasionally signed by pro teams, & international players, as well. Thanks for your reaction.
@stischer474 күн бұрын
Colleges had teams well before professional. Colleges were close by while professional teams were far away. Also, college games were mostly free while pro games cost. All this was especially true before radio (which became popular in the mid-1920s). Although few used to go to college before WWII, afterwards college enrollment exploded. For example, in October 2023, 61.4% of recent high school graduates were enrolled in college. Plus high school games in some states (e.g., Texas, Ohio, Florida) will draw 30-40,000 to a game.
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay4 күн бұрын
Yeah, fans of college teams will usually be alumni of said school, the current student enrollment of course, local folks within the state or state adjacent, but there's nothing stopping people that have no history with or local ties to the school to be fans of the teams. But like what Lawrence said, colleges will always be where they are, unlike pro teams that can move cities at the drop of a dime sometimes. Whenever a team gets dissatisfied with their current stadium, they go through a process with the city to either build a new stadium or the team will move. He was talking about the Rams, who were in St. Louis for a while between stints at Los Angeles. They left St. Louis mainly because the dome stadium there was getting old and the city didn't wanna spend the money to build a new one or renovate it. So they left. And St. Louis fans were pissed.. until the XFL started up in 2020 with a team for St. Louis called the Battlehawks. The 2020 season was cut short due to Covid, but it restarted for the 2023 season, but then merged with the USFL (both of these are Spring Leagues and are used as an alternative spring board into the NFL for new college players or NFL players that didn't get much playing time) to form the UFL (United Football League) for the 2024 season. The amount of teams were cut in half, as each former league had 8 teams each, while the UFL has a teams total. If the league continues to grow in popularity, they may add some teams going forward. But getting back to the Battlehawks, it was one of the teams that survived the merger, as it was the one that had the highest fan attendance across the entirety of both Leagues. Drawing between 30 and 40K each game, if I recall. So yeah, St. Louis has their pro team back and they're a fun team to watch. The UFL starts in early March I think it is. About a month after the Superbowl.
@tperkКүн бұрын
2:00 I traveled from China, where I lived and worked, to Indianapolis where I joined Butler University fans for a massive watch party for the basketball championship. The atmosphere was so intense that I had to leave long before the game was over. NBA and NFL fans are never like this; it was almost frightening 😅
@Steve-hq4fmКүн бұрын
If 2 teams go up against each other, if 3 make it to the NBA, that's amazing!! So yeah, just the odd few.
@woodsea4344 күн бұрын
The best way to think of US college/university sports is as the second division of most sports aside from Baseball and Soccer, who both have lower professional divisions below the top tier. But most professional athletes in most sports, aside from soccer, spent time developing their playing skills at the university level. MLS teams have had academies for 5-10 years, and will sometimes loan or sell academy players out to second division teams if they are not ready for MLS play.
@mattr89044 күн бұрын
LOOK UP NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER SELLOUT STREAK 👀 Nebraska has sold out 403 consecutive games at Memorial Stadium, the longest streak in any collegiate sport. The streak began on November 3, 1962, a 16-7 Missouri win over Nebraska in Bob Devaney's first season as head coach.
@Sugarfluxy4 күн бұрын
18:03 I think it depends on where you live. When I moved in with my host family as an exchange student, they were Oklahoma State grads despite being in Arkansas. So I always supported Oklahoma State University for that reason. Most of the people I encountered were pretty much University of Arkansas Razorback fans though since there are no professional teams in the entire state. Even those that didn't attend the university were Arkansas Razorback fans just because it IS the state's team.
@CJ873174 күн бұрын
For alumni of a school anyway, the college team is YOUR team in a way that your pro team isn't (even if you love your favorite NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL team). I never use "we" talking about a pro team, but talking about my alma mater...."we lost" or "we won" is used all the time.
@jacquesmassard92264 күн бұрын
you get people who become fans of a player cause he played at the university he went to and then became a fan of the team they play for when they go pro.
@rossrreyes4 күн бұрын
College in The States is one’s Tribe. Not just an education, not just Alumni, but culturally tied to the State you are from.
@willster87592 күн бұрын
Pretty much, with the exception of baseball, college sports existed before their pro equivalent. That is why college football and college basketball are so huge. College football started in 1869, college basketball began in the 1890s roughly, the NFL formed in 1920 the NBA in 1946. Laurence also mentions it that many places are in very rural areas in the middle of the country with no professional teams anywhere near them sometimes not even in their state, so the nearest team to cheer for is a college team. Similar to Europe where people cheer for the local football/soccer team people over here cheer for the local college team in whatever sport, usually basketball or football but sometimes other sports. Some colleges being named after their state makes people identify with them more like Kentucky, Kansas, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, etc. As Laurence mentions places like Kentucky, where I am from, don't have any pro teams so most everyone cheers for a college team like University of Kentucky, Louisville, Western Kentucky, Morehead State, Eastern Kentucky, and Murray State as well as a few others. I am a huge Murray State fan! I am an alumni and have attended games all the way back to when I was a kid with my dad. Go Racers! Hoping we can go on a run this year in basketball! Also, age was mentioned, in baseball you have some players make it to MLB as 18 year olds never playing in college. In MLB players can be drafted out of high school or college. In the other pros players have usually played college sports.
@sunflower32814 күн бұрын
I’m no big sports fan, but my observation (in addition to the other comments), yes, locals for sure, support college teams. But, also, alumni that attended a particular college (which can even be an out-of-towner. But there are also fans of colleges that didn’t actually attend the college. And there are also fans of the team. Some people just developed a favorite college team due to exposure (having watched them on tv, etc.)
@bob_._.4 күн бұрын
Although it is widely played, you don't hear much about college Baseball for a couple reasons: first, it's a Summertime game, when most schools aren't in session and second, MLB usually drafts players right out of high school so college players aren't really prospects for the pros.
@Alan-lv9rw4 күн бұрын
Americans love their college teams; it’s more personal than pro sports because they actually lived at the school for four years. Go UConn Huskies!!!
@Derby_City_Dasher4 күн бұрын
Many towns are Cities don't have a premiere professional team. So the College team doesn't just represent the University, but the entire locality. Many of their supporters didn't go to that College or College at all and even in some places where they do have professional teams they haven't always had them so the culture of support for the College team remains.
@dayeti67944 күн бұрын
Some kids growing up are drawn attend certain colleges based on them being their favorite sports team and not necessarily living in the same state or region.
@deaconj34062 күн бұрын
If you want to witness the expansion of popularity of a college sport, start paying attention to college basketball right now. The “Rise of SEC Basketball” is creating a boom in popularity of the sport. But there’s also the Auburn factor. Lot of people tuning in to see what the hype is about Auburns team this year while the haters tuning in hoping they fail. You can also study Auburn and see how a team can go from local fan support to being a massive national brand.
@pushpak4 күн бұрын
March Madness is like the FA Cup.
@mattr89044 күн бұрын
KOBE BRYANT WAS 17 WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED IN THE NBA ALSO
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay4 күн бұрын
Growing up, there sports reporter for our local newspaper would cover all of the high school sports in the area, and he would ALWAYS wear at least one piece of University of Tennessee memorabilia. Most of the time it was a ratty old cap, but he also had shirts, shorts, socks and shoes with the big orange T on them. I asked him one time if he had UT underwear. Don't think he answered me. 😅
@johnsheridan31072 күн бұрын
The volleyball match picture you used in the thumbnail was actually 92,003 people at my university
@rndyh774 күн бұрын
It’s very interesting and fun to watch college players develop over time at their school, and then to see them move onto a professional team if they make it.
@BrianDalen4 күн бұрын
Not corrupt like pro franchises.
@pidgeotroll4 күн бұрын
I can't help but notice that the flag bags behind Lawrence are the wrong way around: UK should be on the camera's right side and US on the left since the UK is to the right/East of the US on maps.
@patriciafeehan77324 күн бұрын
Indiana is biggest basketball fan State. A good movie about Indiana and basketball is Hoosiers (that is a nickname for a person from Indiana a Hoosier). No one truly knows the origin of the name Hoosiers. If they do? Please tell…
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay4 күн бұрын
Most NFL and NBA players come from the US college system, but some do come from other countries. But now, the NHL and MLB get a lot of their players from abroad. Hockey has a lot of players from Eastern Europe and Russia. Baseball has a lot of players from Latin America and a few from Japan even. The reason we tend to call our championship series or game the World Championship or Series is because the players are international. It's just they play in leagues that are based mostly in the US, for quite obvious reasons. Political stability being one of them.
@OkiePeg4114 күн бұрын
College Alumni and their families will buy season tickets for their football teams. If they can't attend a game, they will either sell or give away their tickets. I have a friend who is a University of Oklahoma football letterman from the early 70s. He has bought season tickets every year since he played there. If he couldn't attend a game, he would give the tickets to other family members or customers at his work. People will go to the stadium and sell their tickets for a huge profit too. Or now, with the internet... sell them online.
@phyromhuy75054 күн бұрын
You need to react to "Brits go to Texas vs. Georgia college football game". Very big game and its in Austin.
@EmmaChihuahua818 сағат бұрын
In college football for example, only 1.6% of college players make it to the NFL. Of that 1.6% only 0.41% make it to the 53 man roster of the team. The rest are either kept on the practice squad or they are cut. We have a thing call a draft where the teams can pick the players from the college level that are trying to turn pro. Of all of the football players in college only 0.016% are drafted. Over half of the rosters for NFL teams are made up of what are call undrafted players (they did walk on try outs). If you are drafted early you get a bigger contract and are usually guaranteed a spot on the roster (usually first or second round), and the majority are all but guaranteed a starting position. The NFL is far more elite because it is a small organization. Only 32 teams, and there can only be 53 people on the active roster. Considering you have 11 dedicated to offense and 11 dedicated to defense there aren't many backups. Special teams (punt and kick off) is made up of mostly second string/backup players plus your kicker, punter, and long snapper. To make a starting roster you have to be the best of the best of the best. That is why you see these grown men doing things that normal people can't do (it isn't normal for a 6 foot tall 234 lb man to be able to jump backwards over some other dudes head, or for a 325 lb man to run a 40 yard dash in 4.8 seconds).
@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay4 күн бұрын
College Sports, including College Baseball, Volleyball, and perhaps some other sports are televised all the time. Between all the networks that televise College sports, you'll find something on TV throughout the school year. But of course Football and Basketball are the two biggest. Because these are the last big opportunities for most of the players on those teams. Only a select few per year get drafted to the pro leagues. It's the best of the best type thing. There's hundreds of colleges around the country but only a few dozen pro teams, and because there's not that high of a turn over rate on these pro teams, only a few dozen players from all of the College teams get picked for the pro teams, therefore College play is very important for 99% 9f the players there. I had a childhood friend who played on the University of Illinois basketball team back in the 80s. He was just a farm boy and the son of a lady my mother met in the hospital when they were both delivering my sister and their daughter back in 1977. They lived on a farm about 20 miles from the house. We'd visit each other from time to time, and then run into each other at local restaurants and stores from time to time too. Small world sometimes.
@djbibbs4 күн бұрын
Warren Buffett did a 2014 March Madness bracket challenge offered a $1 billion prize for correctly predicting the outcome of all 67 games.
@BTinSF4 күн бұрын
A lot of vollege players who don’t make the pros end up selling insurance although some of the better ones get jobs on the college staff in admissions or the athletic department or something.
@OkiePeg4114 күн бұрын
Lol... or car salesmen!!!
@nathanpitek31773 күн бұрын
12:30 there are a few young American football players but it’s a sport that’s never allowed people to go until 3 years out of high school (junior in college) The thought was always the step up in competition is just so vast that you need the time for development. A very very select few could play pro right out of high school, 1-2 a year maybe maybe. College is kids, pros is men. And trust me if you are an O lineman, you need 3 years of weightlifting out of high school to compete with NFL defensive linemen. Aaron Donald squatted 1000 lbs, ain’t no 18 yr old doing anything
@danpals76782 күн бұрын
In Iowa we don't have any pro teams except minor league teams but many colleges. If you went to Iowa, your kids probably did too. And the college atmosphere is more fun.
@BeaWms4 күн бұрын
March Madness is the only thing that I watch now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@kentgrady92264 күн бұрын
American universities, and the loyalty which fans of college sports fans feel for them, occupy a status of institutional permanence. The institution may represent pride in one's home state, religion, profession (in the case of universities which specialize in a given discipline), academic achievement (as in the case of schools with reputations for exceptionally high academic standards), or branch of military service. It is precisely the concept of permanence that defines fan support. In that sense, they are similar to European football clubs. After all, can you imagine if Arsenal simply moved from North London to Cornwall? Likewise, the University of Alabama is not going to relocate to New Mexico. On the other hand, American professional teams are *franchises* of the leagues in which they play. And franchises, whether they be a McDonald's or an NFL team, can and do relocate all the time.
@Gloren504 күн бұрын
University sports bring in millions of dollars to the schools. It's really big business. They also pay their head coaches massive amounts of money. I live in Oregon, and the current head coach of their #1 ranked college football team earns $7 million a year as a base salary. HIs contract runs through 2028. The Univ. of Georgia pays their head football coach more than $13 million a year, which is the highest salary in the country. These top tier sports universities also spend a lot on recruitment trying to get the best high school and junior college athletes to play for them. Of course, if the school has an excellent sports program and a winning record, it stands a better chance at recruiting top athletes. In comparison, the top college soccer coaches earn between $300,000-600,000 a year. In recent years, the Univ of Maryland has dominated, but this year, the top 5 are Univ of Vermont, Marshall Univ, Ohio State Univ, Univ of Denver and Southern Methodist Univ. Although soccer doesn't have the fan base that American football does, depending on the city and state, soccer is growing in popularity.
@boling18794 күн бұрын
College baseball is actually pretty good.
@johnathanhenley22514 күн бұрын
A lack of education stunts the growth potential of any person. If that is coupled with a massive amount of money and no real respect for it or understanding of how to use/invest it properly, that person is further stunted. As far as collegiate athletics vs. professional sports, many bullet points for the collegiate level are the personal relationship with the institution, representation of the community on the teams by rosters largely filled by people of the community, the pageantry, and traditions of each unique school. With professional sports, there is none of that.
@patriciafeehan77324 күн бұрын
College - locals, Alumni, students, fans! Pro Ball - city, fans, generations of followers. My favorite sport is Hockey!
@dayeti67944 күн бұрын
That’s probably because Hockey is the best and the most exciting sport! 🙌
@patriciafeehan77324 күн бұрын
@@dayeti6794 Chico! Chico! New Jersey Devils and the Fort Wayne Comets. Devils Fan since they arrived from Colorado. Devils Season ticket holder, then we were out priced.
@steventambon25884 күн бұрын
Most people will have the professional team they support and a college that they support
@steventambon25884 күн бұрын
My colleges were very niche in sciences and then later law, so we didnt have sports teams. Therefore, I am a Penn State fan as a Pennsylvania resident (one reason people will choose a team) AND because my dad and other relatives went to Penn State (family ties is another big reason)
@ronclark97244 күн бұрын
Unfortunately European football, i.e.. American soccer, is a nine month league season with a short three months off silly season... Thus most fans support and attend one sport, football. Whereas the longest season for an American sport is ice hockey or basketball, around six months. Baseball is a four or five months season, while NASCAR races at your track maybe twice per year, Indy car once per year like the PGA at your course once per year... Europans buy season tickets for one club and sport, while many Americans buy season tickets for two or more teams...
@donnaoleske68044 күн бұрын
Most of the really good European basketball players go to University in the US. It's a path to the NBA for top 3-4% of players. You don't see this as much in the NFL since football is not an international sport. My college track team is almost all international players who participated in the 2024 Olympics. If your city does not have any professional teams then yes, the city will support the local university. There is a college world series for those schools that participate in baseball. It's very successful for players getting drafted into major league baseball. Top players get drafted after one or two years at college.
@alapaticornell43914 күн бұрын
NFL & NBA get most of their players from college. About 97%🎉
@arj715424 күн бұрын
Even with that, the odds are better to make it as a Navy SEAL than most of the student athletes having a real shot at the pro leagues.
@WeatherWondersWW4 күн бұрын
Thumbnail says 50,000 for volleyball but I was actually there because it was in my proud home state and it was 90,000 + I think 92 to be exact
@warriyorcat2 күн бұрын
92,003
@whithaney9423 күн бұрын
Michael Jordan played for the university of North Carolina.
@BTinSF4 күн бұрын
You seemed shocked the first intercollegiate competition was in rowing (crew). You should watch the movie “Boys in the Boat”.
@DennisRabidue2 күн бұрын
College sports are more popular, there is only 32 pro football teams but there are hundreds of college football teams . There are 4 divisions for all college sports depending on size of the college
@mic12404 күн бұрын
Many of college sports traditions started in the BIG Ten conference, the oldest and wealthiest college conference. The schools are all academically top research schools and have very large enrollments and literally millions of alumni loyal to their schools. In the South, the SEC is another where big following (even as schools are not as large as BIG Ten), and there are fewer professional teams in the area overall. Important to remember often 45 to 55K 18 to 22 year olds living within easy walking distance to stadiums on large campuses. Long before TV was a big social activity to support your school.
@Jdoom133 күн бұрын
Its always about thr home team. But in NCAA tou could go to school 10 states away and that is their home team.
@d2ndborn4 күн бұрын
Hope you had a great Christmas, are you getting tore up for New Years eve? As for this video, now days some of the college players are getting paid, due to the amount of money they bring into the Universities.
@cap0824 күн бұрын
You only pay for brackets if you’re betting on the games.
@_tsorf_fr4 күн бұрын
i’d say we’re almost to a point where college football is gonna overtake the nfl
@debborahjohnson4 күн бұрын
Probably 1-3% college players make it to Pro. There are millions of college players
@devobryКүн бұрын
You can 1 year in college basketball then go to nba but you cant just come out of high school anymore
@AC-ni4gt4 күн бұрын
Alta High School and University of Utah alumni. GO HAWKS! GO UTES!
@rick_thunder4 күн бұрын
Here in the USA we have about 350 universities that play sports at the top level, which is called Division 1. Of these teams only 68 get invited to play in the end-of-year basketball tournament called “March Madness.” The winner of the tournament is named the National Champion. They run two tournaments, one for the men and one for the women. But basketball isn’t the only sport. They run tournaments for men and women in baseball/softball, volleyball, water polo, golf, wrestling, swimming, soccer/football, etc. Many students choose their university based on which has the strongest sports teams. Then there are the lower divisions, like Division 2 and Division 3, which have around 450 universities each! And they have their own national championships. Then there is the NAIA which is like Division 4. Then the NCCAA, which is like Division 5. Basically, there are thousands of universities and colleges that play sports at one of the different levels.
@kylenally12914 күн бұрын
I'm not t positive, but I think college sports are older than even organized baseball
@juliegore33804 күн бұрын
Our pro teams get the talent from college players.
@bobbyskinner37204 күн бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2nbdaWImLyGeLc The greatest college game in history. I may be biased, i was still in high school but had been accepted to NCSU.
@buckeyegirl164 күн бұрын
Drives me crazy when reactors are looking down at their phones (or anything other than the video). If you are making a reaction video, then your eyes should be on the screen or camera the entire video instead of getting distracted by other things. Just my opinion.