01-28-2018, 12:21 PM
(01-11-2018, 11:19 AM)Au165 Wrote: This is where the business model is. With the NFL's rules about being removed from high school for 3 years a high school kid who has no interest in college could go play in a league getting paid while he waits for his clock to run out.
Even though college athletes get a lot of educational assistance like tutors and manditory study hallsthey still have to put in a lot of work to pass enough classes to remain eligible. Some of you will claim that college is not that hard, but not all of us have the same mental tools to work with. School was easy for me, but a lot of that was because I was born with a brain that was wired to run a ittle faster or a little more efficiently. Just like some other people have a natural talent to play music or run fast.
Not all college athletes are "dumb jocks". In fact the same work ethic that makes some of them great on the field also makes them good students. But basic college work is really hard for some of those guys that have the natural talent to run fast.
Even the ones who don't have to work hard at the academics are under rules regarding how much time they can spen on the field with their teammates or coaches.
The best college football players are still just "part time" football players. If they could spend 100% of their time practicing, watching film with coaches, working out, getting extra sleep to recover, and everything else that makes them better players they would be at a MUCH higher level after three or four years than the guys that go to college.
So eventually the league would not just draw the scrubs that could not make grades in college. They would draw all of the guys who want to be better faster. So pretty much anyone who thinks he has a shot at the NFL.
