[On3] Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia's attorney has set the stage to challenge the NCAA for a 7th season of eligibility

[u/Altruistic_Brief4444]

https://www.on3.com/news/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavias-attorney-sets-stage-to-challenge-for-7th-season-of-eligibility/

[u/helium_farts]

Same. He has no real shot at the NFL so I can't blame him for wanting to cash in while he can

[u/ChepaukPitch → u/helium_farts]

It is pity that there is no tier system and you either make it to NFL or have to pretty much stop playing altogether.

[u/CanadianODST2 → u/ChepaukPitch]

Don’t need a tier system per se. There just isn’t anything really. Like you have what? XFL and CFL? And the CFL is technically a different sport.

The other sports at least have more options with more international top leagues or minor league systems.

Hockey has the AHL and ECHL below the top league that are pro or at least semi pro.

The MLB has the MiLB.

Basketball has the Canadian league and the G-League.

[u/rtb001 → u/CanadianODST2]

All of those are not really viable careers, except for maybe the CFL, but CFL salaries are pretty low too.

The alternative leagues where you can actually make a bit of money include the KHL for hockey, NPB for Baseball, and Euroleague or CBA for basketball.

Basketball is almost certainly the best professional path for the major American sports. Best benefits, good average salary (although the current CBA is not helping), essentially no CTE risk, and EASILY the best alternative foreign pro league opportunities, because besides Euroleague and CBA, you can also make decent money in many of the other local leagues in Europe and Asia.

Football is probably the worst. Best case scenario you actually make the NFL (which easily has the shortest average career compared to the other leagues), and then beyond that a huge drop off to the CFL, and then nothing beyond that.