Any player with remaining eligibility should be eligible to return…

[Jax_Vol]

And where do their a scholly's go? What about the recruits that came there to play and now the guy they are replacing decides to come back?

About 1000 reasons why this doesn't work and won't work on the CFB level.

It works for baseball because they don't technically declare for the draft and players are selected straight out of high school as well.

Yup. Don't know exact details, but if you are drafted but go college...then got to stay there until played three years or turn age 21?

Some rule like that.....

 

[SockeyeVol]

Your job analogy, although total garbage, is the reason I said a player should be able to enter the portal if his current school either doesn’t have room or wish to move on. Hello?

I don't understand your condescending tone in this thread. You asked people for input on your idea. A couple people dissented very politely. Then you even asked them to explain it more, and they did. Now you are calling their points "garbage" and saying "hello?".

I was preparing an answer to your OP, but why would I even bother now? You didn't intend to have a respectful discourse in the first place.

 

[butchna]

Let the team who drafted own your contract even if you go back to school, with the option of dumping it completely or picking it up one uear later if you re-enter the draft. Doesn't seem like a hard compromise

They tried that in the NBA...didn't take. NBAPA railed against it the whole time it was in effect and the owners {excuse me Governors) weren't married to it.

 

[cncchris33]

I don't understand your condescending tone in this thread. You asked people for input on your idea. A couple people dissented very politely. Then you even asked them to explain it more, and they did. Now you are calling their points "garbage" and saying "hello?".

I was preparing an answer to your OP, but why would I even bother now? You didn't intend to have a respectful discourse in the first place.

It’s his thing.

 

[butchna]

I don't understand your condescending tone in this thread. You asked people for input on your idea. A couple people dissented very politely. Then you even asked them to explain it more, and they did. Now you are calling their points "garbage" and saying "hello?".

I was preparing an answer to your OP, but why would I even bother now? You didn't intend to have a respectful discourse in the first place.

He wants this and it ain't happening /science. Hence the umbrage.

 

[Carp]

Yup. Don't know exact details, but if you are drafted but go college...then got to stay there until played three years or turn age 21?

Some rule like that.....

If you go to 4 year college, yes. You can go juco and come out at any point.

 

[Golfprovol]

You don't know that, do you..???
The simple fact is that in the real world, business decisions are made for business reasons. We're in an era where the whole fantasy of the so-called "Student Athlete" has been stripped away. Our beloved game of NCAA Football is revealed for what it is...BIG Business. Players are employees, schools are Employers. Whether we like it or not, that's the reality. I hate to have to say that because I'm one of those who held on to that fantasy longer than most. Let both of the parties involved do what they believe is in their best interest and enjoy the games.

If you make the decision to go to the NFL and then don't like where you get drafted, then you need to live with thst decision. You announced you were moving on, the team prepared for you not being there and moved on as well. Not living with consequences of decisions sounds a lot like the disaster the country is in right now.

 

[ptcarter]

Peyton got any left?

Wow, dang shame he came back for his senior year and burned up all his eligibility. We could use him about now. (in this scenario)

 

[hog88]

So an NFL team takes a chance on someone and they bail and go back to college.....what happens the next year when NFL teams dont trust the player to show up and play.....would show terrible character.

Happens in baseball every year.

Yes, they can, but there is usually a level of transparency about what it will take to get the kid signed prior to drafting him in MLB that provides a lot of flexibility. The NFL has a tiered/slotted rookie draft pay scale with no wiggle room. MLB also has a plan in place to compensate teams who fail to sign their 1st or 2nd round picks. Implementing the MLB Draft rules into the NFL would require a major overhaul of how the NFL Draft works.

Another difference is you have to enter the NFL draft, you don't have to enter the MLB draft.

Yup. Don't know exact details, but if you are drafted but go college...then got to stay there until played three years or turn age 21?

Some rule like that.....

Yep, and I wish the NBA and NFL would adopt similar rules.

 

[wmcovol]

to college football if they are unhappy with their NFL draft position. It’s not like these guys are amateurs these days anyway.

They should be allowed a week from day 1 of the draft to make their declaration to return. If the current school doesn’t have room or doesn’t want the player to return then let him use the portal.

Coaches really don’t want that. They’d have to hold places on the 85 for them. The players will be disgruntled and most will have their focus on NFL & not entirely on the team. Life is full of decisions & you gotta make the best outta the bad ones.

 

[Carl Pickens]

to college football if they are unhappy with their NFL draft position. It’s not like these guys are amateurs these days anyway.

They should be allowed a week from day 1 of the draft to make their declaration to return. If the current school doesn’t have room or doesn’t want the player to return then let him use the portal.

Yeah right…..

 

[Hulavol]

No one has mentioned the biggest problem of all here - I suspect the vast majority of these kids that declare for the draft are no longer going to class and would be academically ineligible the following season anyway. Not to mention they aren’t even on the team anymore— especially the ones who skipped the bowl game. No thank you kid.
About 6 million reasons this is not a good idea - at all.

 

[Zues1]

No one has mentioned the biggest problem of all here - I suspect the vast majority of these kids that declare for the draft are no longer going to class and would be academically ineligible the following season anyway. Not to mention they aren’t even on the team anymore— especially the ones who skipped the bowl game. No thank you kid.
About 6 million reasons this is not a good idea - at all.

Class ? We don't need no stinking class.
We're going to be NFL millionaires.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

He wants this and it ain't happening /science. Hence the umbrage.

Yep, so ironic he wanted thoughts and then when he didn’t get the thoughts he liked he lashes out at folks. SMH.GBO

 

[guido4198]

If you make the decision to go to the NFL and then don't like where you get drafted, then you need to live with thst decision. You announced you were moving on, the team prepared for you not being there and moved on as well. Not living with consequences of decisions sounds a lot like the disaster the country is in right now.

You make a good point about choices and consequences. That said however...the concept of "moving on" only applies when discussing actual separate entities. For example: "he left college and moved on to industry". In the case of Football, College to Pro is a continuum. NCAA Football provides a free "Minor League" system for player development to the NFL. While I don't care for it, the reality is that in the 21st century NCAA/NFL is all Same-Same.

 

[Jackcrevol]

So an NFL team takes a chance on someone and they bail and go back to college.....what happens the next year when NFL teams dont trust the player to show up and play.....would show terrible character.

Pretty sure that the entire, 8-10 month timeframe between the end of bowl games & the seemingly 12-15 hour drive with 5 screaming toddlers, to the NFL draft would be enough time to figure all that out

 

[miket4god]

Happens in baseball every year.



Another difference is you have to enter the NFL draft, you don't have to enter the MLB draft.



Yep, and I wish the NBA and NFL would adopt similar rules.

Agree about the NBA but the NFL already has that rule. You must be three years removed from your high school graduating class to be draft eligible.
NBA should be just like MLB. If you want to go straight out of high school have at it. If you go to college, you must stay 3 years minimum.
But I don't think it will ever happen.

 

[hog88]

Agree about the NBA but the NFL already has that rule. You must be three years removed from your high school graduating class to be draft eligible.
NBA should be just like MLB. If you want to go straight out of high school have at it. If you go to college, you must stay 3 years minimum.
But I don't think it will ever happen.

Yes, I know that. What I think would be great is if the NFL partnered with the USFL/XFL and opened their draft up to HS kids. A kid drafted out of HS could go to the NFL farm team in the USFL/XFL for development but if he goes to school he has to stay the 3 years to eligible again.

 

[miket4god]

Yes, I know that. What I think would be great is if the NFL partnered with the USFL/XFL and opened their draft up to HS kids. A kid drafted out of HS could go to the NFL farm team in the USFL/XFL for development but if he goes to school he has to stay the 3 years to eligible again.

Not a bad idea, but would require the NFL to pump tons fo money into the XFL/USFL. Those entities are just not sustainable on their own.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Yes, I know that. What I think would be great is if the NFL partnered with the USFL/XFL and opened their draft up to HS kids. A kid drafted out of HS could go to the NFL farm team in the USFL/XFL for development but if he goes to school he has to stay the 3 years to eligible again.

TERRIBLE idea. That would be the death of college football.

 

[Elhanan]

I think they should be able to comeback as long as they’ve not signed anything with a specific team in the NFL.

But I don’t care about the NFL at all so I’m probably biased.