Question: How Do Y'all Feel About Juniors Leaving Early For The NFL
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I hate to see guys from other teams declare for the draft when you know they have not had good advice or enough experience. Then they whiff on the draft and even free agency. What a waste, that more experience and quality advice could better serve.
I don't like it but hey who am I to tell someone like Trent Richardson he can't support his family?
This is why I miss the USFL so much, boy that was some good football, NFL is the only game so they make all the rules.
As for Freshman, the Marshall tragedy opened that up because they would not be able to even field a team. Don't forget what Coach Bryant did to help them while the Elite northern schools sit back & watched..
And some of you wonder why all the old dudes & gals loved CPB so much.
This is why I miss the USFL so much, boy that was some good football, NFL is the only game so they make all the rules.
As for Freshman, the Marshall tragedy opened that up because they would not be able to even field a team. Don't forget what Coach Bryant did to help them while the Elite northern schools sit back & watched..
And some of you wonder why all the old dudes & gals loved CPB so much.
I don't have a problem with a promising player, moving on to become a millionaire. It's a problem we all should have.
if they can make millions as a first round pick in the draft, it actually makes sense to jump. I think allowing them to leave a year early is fine, but would not want to see it any sooner than that.
I am in favor of players leaving early. The whole point of going to college is to get a job. If company XYZ is on campus and recruits some kid before he has a degree and offers him a job, what do you think he goes to do? He is going to take the job, not wait until he finishes. Same for a football player, he can go back and finish his degree, the smart ones do.
On the other side, I am not in favor of paying the college athletes. They are getting an education, housing, food, and most of the clothes the wear around campus. The ones "in need" get pell grant money. Also, being creative, they are able to pocket some of the scholorship, housing, and stipend money for meals. They may not be living the high life, but they are doing too bad for themselves either.
On the other side, I am not in favor of paying the college athletes. They are getting an education, housing, food, and most of the clothes the wear around campus. The ones "in need" get pell grant money. Also, being creative, they are able to pocket some of the scholorship, housing, and stipend money for meals. They may not be living the high life, but they are doing too bad for themselves either.
I think college athletics and the NCAA in general would be able to do more good for student-athletes if they just simply viewed athletics as a major and career path unto itself. To me, the school, the student, the NCAA, and the NFL would all benefit tremendously if they all worked to bring those future prospects of employment together in a controlled environment. These players ought to have the benefit of being able to "interview" their draft status and return to schools if not satisfactory - so what if a kid retains some limited representation through that whole process - I dont understand the harm in that. Just dont let the agents compensate the kids for their representation. It seems discriminatory that baseball players can actually do this and even play in summer leagues with no repercussions; but football and basketball players cant. When is the last time you heard of a recruiting violation or improper benefit violation in collegiate baseball? Personally I have never heard of one yet we have to deal with that issue all the time in football and basketball.
When you really look at it from this vein - a player's ability to market his skills and not being able to own his collegiate likeness - its pretty obvious that the NCAA and the schools are not about trying to create more opportunities for kids. Within the limited framework of the rules, look what CNS has done with our program when making the decision to put the kids development forefront regardless of his place on the depth chart. I am certain there is much more that he would like to do for his players in the way of building a foundation for their career whether as a player or coach, etc and I bet that it doesnt necessarily include paying the players.
When you really look at it from this vein - a player's ability to market his skills and not being able to own his collegiate likeness - its pretty obvious that the NCAA and the schools are not about trying to create more opportunities for kids. Within the limited framework of the rules, look what CNS has done with our program when making the decision to put the kids development forefront regardless of his place on the depth chart. I am certain there is much more that he would like to do for his players in the way of building a foundation for their career whether as a player or coach, etc and I bet that it doesnt necessarily include paying the players.
I am OK with players leaving early. If somebody had offered me 7 figures for a job in architecture while I was still in school, I would have jumped on it in a second. Unfortunatley architects don't make that kind of cash even with a degree.
Man, no kidding. Some people seem to believe that it's OK to decide for other people what their options should be based on....unbelievably, their own personal entertainment wishes.
Sad.
I don't have a problem with it. What I do have a problem with is the ridiculous rule in basketball that they can leave after 1 year. See Nerlins Noel (sp?) in this years draft....
I'm just happy that the NFL can't take them straight out of high school, as is the case with the NBA and MLB.
It is hard to compare basketball or baseball to football.
Baseball has a requirement that if you elect to go to college, you have to stay there for three years. But like football, few players would be physically ready for the big leagues right out of high school. the difference is the minor leagues for baseball. The only "minor leagues" for football IS college.
In basketball, some players really are ready for the NBA right out of HS or one year out. Forcing those kids to wait around for three-plus years will just force the stars to Europe.
I've always wondered what would happen if the courts ruled that the NFL can't require players to be out of high school for three years. It would be interesting if NFL teams could draft rising seniors and the players themselves had a choice to stay or go then. Obviously players that have the option to return might drop a bit in the draft, but it would certainly give the players SOME power where now they have almost none in the college level.
I'm okay with it. The Trent Richardson, DJ Fluker, Rolando McClain types are no brainers. The Kareem Jackson move was questionable by some but it worked out well for him. I really think it should be about the education foremost. If a player can secure his degree in the three years then go for it. But the reality is that the big payday, guaranteed money and signing bonus dollars beckon now and major CFB has become the "D League" of the sport. The NCAA rule, if I'm not mistaken, is three years removed from high school not seasons of play.
RTR!!!
RTR!!!
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