College Football is better than NFL football

Expanded Rebuttal"For me, an Iowa Hawkeyes and Notre Dame fan, I enjoy watching these teams a little more than I do watching my favorite NFL team, the Chicago Bears. Now, don't get me wrong I adore the NFL, but there is something about college football that makes it better."This debate should involve more than Pro's opinion on the subject. It should include some quotes, statistics, facts, sources, and arguments that establish his side of the debate, but sadly his case is lacking in these elements. If I grant Pro's point that his slight enjoyment advantage for college footbal makes college football better, we could glean a more comprehensive and statistically accurate response if we used poll numbers of a larger sample size spread across the United States of America. When we delve into the poll numbers, it is clear that the result is that Americans overwhelmingly prefer watching NFL football (62%) to college football (38%). [1] Also, when looking at the distributional map for these polling numbers, it is important to note that the states without professional football teams (e.g. West Virginia, Idaho, Oregon) are MUCH more likely to prefer college football (which exists in those states) to professional football in the NFL (which does not exist in those states). [2]"College Football has a much different feeling than NFL football. It is something a lot of Americans can get into because they may have attended the school they love." Today, 30.4 percent of Americans have a bachelors degree. [3] That means that you are limiting this criterion to less than 1/3 of the United States that "can get into" college football, because they've attended schools with football programs. Many of those degrees were granted at institutions without college football programs. And even people who have attended universities or colleges with football programs, some of the football programs are notoriously bad, Division II, or Division III, which are really not even worth watching unless they compete for a national or regional title. The reason why NFL football wins this point is because it is something everyone can enjoy whether or not they went to college. Educational achievement is not a limiting factor in NFL football enjoyment or game-day spirit as set up by Pro."For me I like the Iowa Hawkeyes because my father attended that school and my entire family is from Iowa, they also root for them as well."Iowa also lacks a professional football team, so you are in the statistical minority of people with a higher propensity to root for a college football over a professional team, due to satisfying this condition."My point is that it is easier to like a college football team rather than an NFL team because you can say that you attended the school. I myself can say that about the college I will be attending in 2 years. The passion of college football beats the passion of the NFL."Again, less than 1/3 of Americans attain bachelor's degrees, and the proportion of Americans who attended schools with good football programs (or football programs at all) is much lower. That's why, for example, I don't cheer for NYU's football team; they don't have one. College is an institution for learning, not a distraction center for worshipping a sports team, which diverts its funds from productive and promising research to encouraging brain disorders in football collisions.[1] http://www.theatlanticcities.com...[2] http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com...[3] http://www.census.gov...;