re: NFL "Late Round" Rookie Salary Differences: 2008 to 2013

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your assumption here is pretty wrong

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Perhaps. But, the assumption that a kid who thinks he's NFL good would somehow be unaware that he could leave early regardless of where he went just because some other school didn't talk about it seems pretty out there too.

What would our recruiter say exactly? "Hey man, I know that those other guys are telling you how great their program is but you need to come play for us because we have all these kids leaving early for the NFL?"

Is there any kid alive who would be swayed by that given that even if Saban never mentioned the NFL once, they would know they could do the same there? Or anywhere really?

And, I'm sorry. The bulk of the kids obviously care about winning or most 5 star kids would go do mid-tier schools so they could start early and get to the NFL fast. Are there some that don't? Yeah. But again, they still can go anywhere and leave early. LSU isn't somehow special in this area even if they talked about it non-stop.