It is a burden.
My friend, it saddens me to see other posters post about someone's "ignorance of the NFL & drafting" when they evidently don't know the rules themselves. We see that a lot on the other thread lol
Is college football on its way out?
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My friend, it saddens me to see other posters post about someone's "ignorance of the NFL & drafting" when they evidently don't know the rules themselves. We see that a lot on the other thread lol
Yes. That is their rule that they implemented because they were tired of spending draft picks and money on teenagers who weren't ready for the NFL and if they thought things had changed, they would rescind it in a heart beat. The point of my comment was to refute the previous comment.
There will continue to be changes (a Premier League model has bee discussed), but it is a quality product that generates tons of money.
Plus, the infrastructure is in place to keep it rolling.
NFL doesn’t want 18-19 year olds.
Plus, the infrastructure is in place to keep it rolling.
NFL doesn’t want 18-19 year olds.
Exactly. Rules can be changed.
I don’t see them changing this one.
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Agreed. The NFL knows what they are doing. It's nearly impossible to evaluate the heart/character of 16/17 year olds, so their anti-trust and collective bargaining arrangement allows them to circumvent labor laws by refusing employment opportunities to anyone less than three years out of HS. This is good for college football, in that so many NFL ready sophomores and Jr's have to stay in college unlike basketball.
Funny, Nascar came to mind when I was typing, also bubbles busting in the stock market. Nascar was/is a different animal in my eyes, they over regulated themselves into failure, gas mileage winning races LOL.
I don't necessarily think it will be a sudden failure of college football, more like apathy for a while, and then turning into just a casual fan. It could be my own bias clouding my optics, that is exactly what happened to me with one and done. There are parallels between one and done and the wide open portal.
I wonder how that will work as there are only 25 college sports programs that are profitable. The remaining 100
Power 4 and Gp5 conference lose an average of $16M/$17M annually. (Includes tv revenue)
Not sure, I thought the same and also thought it sounded like a terrible idea. It would probably change the trajectory for some schools, making them profitable where they were not before hand, Mark Cuban type owner comes to mind. You could generate money through an ETF type of format. I think it's not a great road to go down but it's probably not out of the realm of possibilities either.
I am finished with it. Just trash at this point. The JUCO experience no longer counting against your eligibility did it to me. I have no desire to see 18 year old's lineup against 29 year old's. The 29 year old's should have washed out of the NFL after the average NFL career of four years at age 26.
This from a guy who busted his ass to make the UK football team as a walk on punter in 1978.
BTW - Kevin Kelly was the starting punter while I was on the team. I was 18 and he was 27 years old in his last year of eligibility, but he spent four years between his Alabama and UK stints tracking submarines. When we would drive to the stadium to practice he was smoking cigarettes non-stop in his POS car, which was miles better than my POS Rambler. Totally different from today's 27 year old players.
This from a guy who busted his ass to make the UK football team as a walk on punter in 1978.
BTW - Kevin Kelly was the starting punter while I was on the team. I was 18 and he was 27 years old in his last year of eligibility, but he spent four years between his Alabama and UK stints tracking submarines. When we would drive to the stadium to practice he was smoking cigarettes non-stop in his POS car, which was miles better than my POS Rambler. Totally different from today's 27 year old players.
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The issue that faces college sports now IMO is that for a long time it has been a de facto minor leagues for the pro leagues, whether its basketball or the NFL. If we're suddenly going to start scraping eligibility rules and have a wide gap in age participation then I think it defeats some of that intended purpose as you don't quite have the same cohort of 18-22/23 year olds playing and running out their eligiblity clock for the pro leagues. I think that harms what the sport has been for a long time.
I was always someone that very much believed in the old transfer rules of sitting a year. It protected G5 schools. As a WKU alum, there's zero way that any good players will stay there long term at all. They will be poached by the P4. Considering that it is unsurprising that attendance for football and basketball has declined considerably for games. It just reinforces how inconsequential your regional schools are.
I feel like a broken record a bit but the status quo isn't sustainable. The NCAA's leadership on this has been reactive rather than proactive and at this point I don't even think they have a strategy going forward. I say it's time for a CBA with the players to redefine what all of this means. If they won't agree, then you lock them out until they do. There's no constitutional right to play athletics anywhere. But someone needs to step in and provide some sanity to what is becoming a more insane system.
I was always someone that very much believed in the old transfer rules of sitting a year. It protected G5 schools. As a WKU alum, there's zero way that any good players will stay there long term at all. They will be poached by the P4. Considering that it is unsurprising that attendance for football and basketball has declined considerably for games. It just reinforces how inconsequential your regional schools are.
I feel like a broken record a bit but the status quo isn't sustainable. The NCAA's leadership on this has been reactive rather than proactive and at this point I don't even think they have a strategy going forward. I say it's time for a CBA with the players to redefine what all of this means. If they won't agree, then you lock them out until they do. There's no constitutional right to play athletics anywhere. But someone needs to step in and provide some sanity to what is becoming a more insane system.
Very very few HS bodies are ready for NFL punishment. Even if they were eligible, I doubt many if any NFL teams would take a flying leap on 18 year olds who are still in the growing phase and engaged in pre-college fitness programs to make them better, faster, stronger for the next level. Too much risk IMO.
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