The impact has been felt around the league ever since as teams no longer can send players to exotic locales like Cologne and Amsterdam to let them develop a little further before making another run at the active roster.

Worse, NFL teams have limits on their practice squads meaning that fewer players are under contract to the team who could help out later.

At the owner’s meetings, Goodell has gone on record that he would like to create another developmental league for these young players who aren’t quite ready for primetime.

Perhaps the league and their extremely wealthy owners have discussed this idea and spit balled a few ideas.  But before they do, I want to throw a proposal at them – a true minor league system.  Here’s how it would work:

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