re: Arkansas has 2 football players on its roster that had a brief stint in a mini camp

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We can argue whether the line that the SEC has drawn is stupid, but the line is signing a UDFA contract. Minicamp participation does not require signing a UDFA contract.

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They used the terminology "sign a contract with a pro player."

A participation waiver is a contract. All guys who participate in a minicamp or rookie tryout must sign one. Shemar Stewart Minicamp Waiver Conflict

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They used the terminology "sign a contract with a pro player." A participation waiver is a contract. All guys who participate in a minicamp or rookie tryout must sign one. Shemar Stewart Minicamp Waiver Conflict

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The terminology is signed a professional contract, which a waiver is not.

In fact the article you linked specifically discusses that most teams have as part of the waiver an agreement to pay the player if hurt prior to being cut as thought a rookie contract had been signed in order to protect the player during contract negotiations.

The two players all the talking heads are calling pro players are getting screwed because they only did what they did because they thought they were out of eligibility. But they did sign a professional contract, which is why they had to be waived rather than cut.

If they looked at a mincamp or a preseason game, they can't play college fb

Yeah but the SEC has a hard on only for the French Catholics.

Impossible

Are we forgetting LSU has had 2 pro baseball players on their roster at different times? One brought us our first natty in the 21st century.

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Are we forgetting LSU has had 2 pro baseball players on their roster at different times? One brought us our first natty in the 21st century.

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LSU has never rostered a pro baseball player on their baseball roster, fall or otherwise.

You slow?

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You have some bad information. You sign a waiver, not an employment contract at a minicamp

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The player waiver is indeed a contract. No, it's not a player or employment contract but it is undoubtedly, inarguably an NFL contract.

That article highlights a very different reality than what was being tossed around on that message board: the actual source of the confusion is a complex legal battle over a fifth year of eligibility for the high school class of 2022, not players coming off NFL minicamp stints. 
Safeties Caleb Wooden and Sean Williams found themselves fighting the NCAA in court via a temporary restraining order to secure their eligibility to play for Arkansas. Because of shifting federal and state court rulings regarding the "5-for-5" eligibility model, players from that recruiting class were caught in a temporary legal limbo. 
So, while the internet rumor mill turned a unique eligibility lawsuit into exaggerated "pro camp" fiction, the actual headline is a legal fight over an extra collegiate season granted by the courts, not professional tryouts.

Ha, you can’t factually dismiss my response so you resort to disinformation.