> > >> It is almost a guarantee that if this guy can beat the NFL's rules and >> become eligible for the draft, then someone will draft him and give him a >> big fat signing bonus even if he never plays a down. > >I think he'll be drafted, but I don't think he'll be drafted high >enough to get much of a signing bonus. Probably a lot more money >than he has in his pocket at the moment, but chump-change by NFL standards. > >> Other players see it >> and are therefore encouraged to do the same. > >I see the opposite. I think players will see what HuGe risk it is >with no guarantee of being selected, and stay put. Besides, I >think you'll only see a very small number of bonafide NFL caliber >underclassmen take that chance. The others will be the Chris >Hood's of college football, and David Paine's of high school football. >
We already have examples in both baseball and basketball. You would be very hard pressed to make a case that if baseball players coudn't be drafted into MLB until three years after high school graduation that college baseball would not be a drastically different game. I think it would be a much better game and would be a heck of a lot more fun. >> That drains the talent pool > >Most teams won't lose a single, eligible player. How many declared >after the first ruling, as an example? How many college basketball players skate after a year or two of college chasing the NBA's bucks? How many baseball players skip college altogether to go straight into the minors? Many do and it affects the overall quality of college games. > >> and >> doesn't allow coaches to plan because they can't depend on their players >> staying around. > >Health, mental stability, and academic eligibility can't be >depened on, either. Trust me, early entry into the NFL draft will >probably be the very least of their concerns. Again, my example here is the NBA. The talent pool in college HAS been depleted. College coaches regularly have to reload due to the draw of the NBA's big bucks. It has simply become part of the game, but it is part that I don't like. I think it hurts the talent level of both the NBA and college. > >> As a college football fan, I don't like that because I think >> it ultimately hurts both college football AND the NFL. > >Growing pains, dude. They'll live. > Sure they'll live, that's not the question, but they will be wounded and not as entertaining, i.e. the NBA. >Slef E. > > A lot of this is simply opinion. I don't want to see college football further diluted the way other sports have, in my opinion been. If you don't share the opinion that early entry into pro sports dilutes the level of talent in college and the pros as well, then that's just that. You don't agree. The NFL right now is simply saying this is the way we have been doing business for years and we want to continue doing it that way. I agree with them for both their reasons and mine. Maybe you don't. Oh well... ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
