re: Colleges Push Pros to Change Their Draft Rules

The only way I could see this working is if there was also a rule similar to the MLB one that has already been mentioned. If you go to college, lets say you have to be two years removed from HS to be eligible for the NFL Minor League, or 3 for the NFL as it is currently. But you also have to spend 2 years in the minors regardless of when you enter, so if you enter out of HS your 3rd year you would be eligible for the NFL, but if you enter after your soph season you still have to stay 2 years.

So someone like Clowney, JFF, etc, prior to this season, could have declared for the Minor League draft, played there 2 years, then gone to the NFL, instead of staying in school for another year. So you're either 18 or 20 entering this fantasy minor league. A lot of the knocks on some players leaving school early is that they aren't ready for the pros yet. This would give them 2 years in school, and a 2 year adjustment period in the minors with actually getting game experience instead of being buried in a depth chart and cut after training camp in the pros.