re: SEC underclassman declaring for NFL, LSU leads the list with 6

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I would like to see more of an effort in convincing these 4 -7 round picks to stay in school and finish their education. Even if they are lucky enough to make a team for a year or two, that's not going to be enough money for them for the rest of their lives.

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OK, have you done your part as a fan to convince these kids that baton rouge is better than 350k and a shot at the NFL?

Idiot

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I would like to see more of an effort in convincing these 4 - 7 round picks to stay in school and finish their education. Even if they are lucky enough to make a team for a year or two, that's not going to be enough money for them for the rest of their lives.

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You don't get it do you? They're at school to prepare them for a job in their major, which is in all honesty is FOOTBALL. That's what they're preparing themselves to do. The way the new collective bargaining agreement is set up, they need to get that job as soon as possible, because if they do make it to their 2nd contract that's when they'll get paid.

In all honesty, would these early departures have that much of a better chance of making it to that 2nd contract if they stayed in one more year. Probably not.

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would like to see more of an effort in convincing these 4 - 7 round picks to stay in school and finish their education

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I agree with you, I would like the marginal 4-7 round players to stay and finish getting their degree, but that will never happen with the NFL dangling $$ in front of these guys.

IMO, NFL team expansion plus the player attrition from that brutal 16 game regular season [plus four preseason] has changed collegiate football forever. Division 1-A schools like LSU are basically 'feeder' programs for the NFL. We taxpayers are left to pay for expensive football stadiums with retractable roofs, and subsidizing collegiate players on scholarships, only to see them 'bolt' for the NFL {some as sophomores].

Where is the NCAA? I thought they were there to stop this kind of stuff. But damn the school that steps out of line on recruiting violations, you'll see the NCAA gestapo descend like vultures on that program and pick it to shreds.

Dale Brown was right!