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Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:16 am to GeorgeTheGreek
College Baseball/College Hockey are pretty fun + they allow 18 year olds to go pro
Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:34 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:40 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:49 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If a company wants to prevent 18 year old kids from playing in its league, then they have the right to do so
FIFY
Posted on 2/17/13 at 9:59 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
To the same point, the NFL also reserves the right to run it's league how it sees fit. Having a mass amount of 18 year old kids going straight from high school to the NFL will hurt both college football and the brand of the NFL.
People using the NBA as a comparison don't know sports and shouldn't have their own radio show. It's not even close to being the same.
This post was edited on 2/17/13 at 10:00 am
Posted on 2/17/13 at 10:29 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
It's also a free country for a private league to establish its own rules/regulations for who can enter.
Posted on 2/17/13 at 10:38 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
I agree
But with that being said I think the eligibility requirements protect these kids more than they hurt them
In the history of college football there have only been a handful of true freshman that you might have considered NFL ready. And even then those are debatable.
The only ones that come to mind are Adrian Peterson and Jim Brown. Maybe a couple of other running backs.
You might have some quick defensive end/olb types that could play a few snaps in the NFL as a pass rushing specialist but you're not going to find many people capable of making an NFL roster.
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:39 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
I think if you're 18 you should make a choice, College or NFL. If you wanna go to the NFL, go. But if you go to college you have to stay there until your junior year. That's how it should be. If you wanna go straight out of high school to the NFL that's your choice but if you go to college you can't just choose when to leave, players have too much power as it is.
Posted on 2/17/13 at 3:05 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
By the same token, shouldn't the NFL as a private business in this so called free country be allowed to set minimum standards for entry into their league?
Posted on 2/17/13 at 3:32 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
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It's a free country. If an 18 year old wants to declare - he should be able to declare
on the surface, anyone will agree with this. But we have alcohol rules in this country for a reason.
same with the NFL. It does not serve in the best interest of the NFL to have earlier draftees. They know this, therefore they do not challenge it. Sure there are a few exceptions, like Clowney, but the teams of the NFL would lose out more often than not by hedging on too young of players and many not turning out good.
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