Mack Brown blasts current state of college football: 'Amateurism is gone. We're the mini-NFL'

Posted Jul 29, 2024
College football looks nothing like it once did back in 1973 when the coaching career of Mack Brown started. All those changes, especially since the beginning of this decade, now leads him to see it somewhere between what it was before and what the pros are today. Brown spoke about the changing landscape of collegiate athletics at ACC Media Days. (On3.com)

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