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Question: Do you think there should be an age limit in college football?

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Watching the SMU (love their uni's) Rice game and there is a guy that is either 24 or 25 years old for Rice. His nickname is "Thor" because of his pipes I guess. But just looking at him and the rest of the guys you can tell he's a fully developed MAN and most of the other guys are still growing boys.

Should there be an age limit?
 
Bamabuzzard said:
Watching the SMU (love their uni's) Rice game and there is a guy that is either 24 or 25 years old for Rice. His nickname is "Thor" because of his pipes I guess. But just looking at him and the rest of the guys you can tell he's a fully developed MAN and most of the other guys are still growing boys.

Should there be an age limit?
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I remember awhile back there was a 28 yo player for the barn. (I think that was his age). That seemed pretty old to me. What would be your cutoff age and why? I myself have to say that if someone can play, let them. JMHO though.
 
I don't think there should be an age limit. If a guy gets drafted in the MLB draft, as "Thor" did, and things don't work out, they still have a chance to come back to college and play football.
 
Bama'67' said:
I remember awhile back there was a 28 yo player for the barn. (I think that was his age). That seemed pretty old to me. What would be your cutoff age and why? I myself have to say that if someone can play, let them. JMHO though.
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The main reason is because of the physical advantage they have. As an athlete when you reach your mid twenties you are basically entering your physical peak as a man that usually runs to to your late twenties and slowly begins to decline as you get into your thirties. Put a 25 year old fully developed man out there against a 20 year old developing kid and there is a physical advantage, compared to the physical advantage a 22 yr old senior has over a 18/19 yr old frosh. Normally the biggest gap is five maybe six years 17-22. However, no age limit means that you could have a 27 yr old pro athlete dropping hits on a 19 year old kid. Isn't this one of the reasons the NFL doesn't let kids enter the NFL draft until they've been removed from HS at least 3 years? It's for safety purposes and the recognition that a 18 year old kid isn't ready to go up against a fully developed man.

I think the cutoff should be 23. If a player turns 24 BEFORE the season or during a season then he's ineligible.
 
What's the difference with a 22 yr old rookie going against a 28 yr old All-Pro??

Also, IMO, a 25+ yr old thats been out of football for several years is at more risk than the 18-22 yr olds he'll being going against.
 
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bamafan99905 said:
*What's the difference with a 22 yr old rookie going against a 28 yr old All-Pro??

**Also, IMO, a 25+ yr old thats been out of football for several years is at more risk than the 18-22 yr olds he'll being going against.
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*It's not the 22 yr old vs the 28 yr old that's the issue. It's the 18 yr old against the 25-28 yr old that is the issue. You have more than just 22 yr old seniors out there playing. It just seems a bit hypocritical to me that the NFL will not allow a player straight out of HS to play until they have been removed from the HS for at least three years. Yet the NCAA will let a 28 yr old professional baseball player that decides he can't hit a slider to come back and play against 18-19 yr old kids. Doesn't that seem like it is flying in the face of the rule the NFL implemented to graduating HS football players? Obviously the NFL recognizes that there is a safety issue for a 18-19-20 yr old kid playing against 25-28 year old men. So why doesn't college football recognize this?

**Most of these guys that come back to play college ball come directly from a professional sport such as baseball and they are in very good shape. They just have to make the transition back to "football shape" which is probably one offseason.
 
There are some 30 and 40 year olds that are in much better shape than the youngsters and if they are fit enough, why not.
 
Willis Bevelle was 26 or 27 his senior year at Bama. Good thing we had him or we wouldn't have played Miami in the Sugar bowl in 92 without him.
 
For players or fans..? :eek2:

Anyway, I believe OU's Billy Sims was 24 the year he won the Heisman. Probably was an advantage now that you bring up the subject.
 
Bamabuzzard said:
Obviously the NFL recognizes that there is a safety issue for a 18-19-20 yr old kid playing against 25-28 year old men. So why doesn't college football recognize this?
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Because it's so rare that it's not an issue. Having one older player (25+) is not the same thing as the NFL having a full team of older players.
 
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