Kansas City Chiefs: Pros and Cons of Having D-Leagues in NFL
By trevb
NFL D-Leagues: The Cons
Money, Money, Money
This guarantees that NFL developmental leagues will never happen. Money. Money dictates every move made by the NFL, and why should it not? It is a business after all.
With a NFL developmental league, franchises would have to build a whole new minor league stadium. Pretty much, they would have to build a college football type stadium for a developmental league, which, as you could expect, would cost lost of money.
Plus, if the seasons are only about 16 games long, how many people would truly buy tickets to go to developmental league games? Franchises would most likely not see returns on their D-league investments for a long time in the NFL.
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Do not forget that organizations would also have to compete with the college football scene as well, which in college sports terms is an insane money magnet.
An addition of D-league teams in the NFL would bring sweeping reforms throughout the league and a huge expense to the entire NFL.
It’s also worth mentioning that along with the Chiefs brand or any other NFL team brand, promotions for D-league teams would have to be paid for as well and that’s not cheap.
A prolific advertising staff would be mandatory.