[alexpotato]

Interesting intersection of two points in this article and the comments:

Friend of mine and I were talking about how minor league baseball is in decline vs college baseball due to colleges offering:

- better housing (nice dorms vs motels)

- better food (cafeteria vs chain restaurant/fast food)

- better lifestyle (top college baseball players at baseball focused schools are treated like gods)

[mmmpop]

Cons: at least the pretense of learning things and passing courses

I've met and drank with some minor league baseball guys before and obviously I won't speak for all of them, but they often aren't really uh... college material.

[bombcar]

College baseball also hasn't been forced to be the minor leagues like college football has; some say that many of the college students playing foot ball aren't really uh... college material either.

[mmmpop]

Probably true but I lived in a dorm at a large SEC state school and knew plenty of both athletes and baseball guys were 10x smarter 100% of the time.

[mbg721]

College baseball is very granularly regional in a way that football and basketball aren't; if you're near a good college team, you know it for sure.