New NIL Bill Would Allow Athletes to Return Post-Draft

It grants athletes the right to enter a sports draft and retain their eligibility as long as they do not receive compensation from a professional sports league, team or agent. The athlete would need to declare their intentions no later than seven days after the completion of the draft.

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A team would have to be absolutely certain that an underclassman in the draft would accept his spot before drafting him.

They do something kinda similar to this in basketball. I dont see why not, sometimes it takes a kid to see reality before realizing that they need another year or two in college

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Enough time for UDFA contracts to be offered

Our rules are so archaic and pro university. Let kids transfer like coaches. Let them get paid by schools. Let them get paid for touchdowns or whatever they can figure out to get paid for. Let them make mistakes and screw up and be a five star running back that is now 5th string behind four more five star running backs never seeing the field. The market will correct itself over time. This purity stuff is just insanity and pretty much unamerican.

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Should have been done long ago.

Ohio. Neil Young

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The NCAA is supposed to be looking out for the best interests of the student athletes… Right?

It’s a no brainer if that is true…

I agree with everything except paying the players. The kids are getting paid. They get a college education.

Now with everything else in life the kid can make the decision to take full advantage of all the options available to them or decide to focus on going pro.

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But why stop them from getting paid? If a university decided to pay them why would it matter? Not a guaranteed amount or minimum, but whatever they can muster?

If a coach can do it so should they.