08-20-2015, 12:15 PM
One group that would benefit from a developmental league would be great athletes that could not meet the academic requirements to get into college.
A developmental league could play in the spring. It would have a very short season. Each NFL team would assign 10 players to the league that would all play on one team together. That way fans of an NFL team would immediately have a favorite team in the D-league. If there were 8 teams that means each D-league team would have players from 4 NFL teams. In fact they could even be grouped by division. So there would be an AFCN team located somewhere in the midwest. Then there would be another 15 or so at-large roster spots for each d-league team. They could play a 7 game round robin schedule plus a championship game in April and May.
A developmental league could play in the spring. It would have a very short season. Each NFL team would assign 10 players to the league that would all play on one team together. That way fans of an NFL team would immediately have a favorite team in the D-league. If there were 8 teams that means each D-league team would have players from 4 NFL teams. In fact they could even be grouped by division. So there would be an AFCN team located somewhere in the midwest. Then there would be another 15 or so at-large roster spots for each d-league team. They could play a 7 game round robin schedule plus a championship game in April and May.
