Thu March 19, 2015 4:08 pm
Right. Early on, I think you'll have plenty of young whippersnappers trying to chase the money, with only a few true athletic freaks like Adrian Peterson able to play at that level at such a young age. But as more of them flame out, some might be more gunshy about jumping pro so early after looking back at history. If college sports were more lucrative as well (endorsements, stipends, not necessarily direct cuts of revenue from schools), it would be more attractive to take the college route first.darth_vedder wrote:I think this is interesting. So if a HS senior gets drafted, stays in the NFL for like 2 years, it's now working out and he's cut, then goes to college to play, he should be able to. If this player shines in college, and gets re-drafted, good for him. If not, he has a 4 year degree to better his chance of landing a job. I don't see a problem with that.Green Habit wrote:Let's take a fictional example based on the past for how I'd ideally see the system working. Let's go back to 2003 when Ernie Sims was rated the #1 overall recruit by Rivals. Matt Millen falls in love with him and the Lions draft him right after high school. However, it's clear that he's in over his head and he gets cut after two years. Sims still has strong sentiment to his hometown Tallahassee and then plays for FSU. He has three freakish years with the Seminoles, and then builds his pro stock better so that he returns to the NFL and does better than he did before.Monkey_Driven wrote:I like these improvements too. I have mixed feelings about age limits. Both the NFL and NBA would need to create (in the NFL's case) or improve (The D-League) their minor league system to welcome all of the kids leaving early. The athlete should also be allowed to go to college with some sort of penalty if they don't get drafted or picked up in free agency.
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Green Habit wrote:Dean Smith is fucking awesome.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:whew, now michael jordan's waiter won't starve
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verb_to_trust wrote:Someone needs to tell that harrison kid what a hot mic is. He said naughty things about kaminsky...
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When I first read about this, the article typed the quote as "f*** that n****". At first I couldn't understand why they were either one asterisk short or were censoring out "fuck that noise". Just another reason why the media shouldn't be in the censorship business.verb_to_trust wrote:When his teammate was being asked about kaminsky at the post game presser he could audibly be heard saying ' fuck that nigga' under his breath.
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