re: PFT/NBC Sports - "Fournette definitely should take a year off in 2016"

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Yes, let's open the door for every halfway decent player to skip college, go "find themselves" for three years and enter the draft, undeveloped and unproven.

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If they aren't good enough the market will weed them out. NFL teams aren't going to waste draft picks on guys who they don't think can help them fairly early. It should be completely up to the player as to whether or not he wants to skip college. The NFL will let him know very quickly whether that was a good idea or not. It's not the NFL's job to protect prospective employees from poor decisions.

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And hey, if it ends in disaster, they can always NOT go to college and get an education like they would have otherwise, even if they'd left early.

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What's keeping them from going to college if things don't work out? Maybe they lose out on a full-ride scholarship, but that's the choice they made. Still, it's not like getting a college education is completely off the table just because they chose not to attend at 18 years old.

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And for those who cite Lattimore, his situation was due in no small part to the fact that Spurrier ran him into the ground. Les and other coaches like him don't do that.

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His situation was due to the fact that their were two freek hits that destroyed his knees. Any player, especially RBs, are one play away from a career ending injury. That can happen whether the guy carries the ball 30 times a game or 3 times a game. All it takes is ONE freek hit.

I'm not saying LF would even consider the idea of sitting out next year. However, I would certainly understand why he would if he decide to do so. The opportunity to make that kind of money is rare. If the biggest risk to making that opportunity a reality is a serious injury, then why not take steps to eliminate the risk? We all make decisions that are in our own self-interest. However, some here are angry at the thought that a kid would do the same thing for himself. The reasoning is completely selfish. "I want the team I pull for to be the best that it can be. Therefore, YOU should make a decision possibly adverse to YOUR own self interest just so MY self interest can be fulfilled"