Before the 5 years to play 4 goes away. Will “student athletes” that don’t get drafted just hang around, draw skolly money and NIL money for 6 to maybe 15 years ? ? ? ? ?
Players that don’t get drafted are likely not generating the big bucks anyway
And the players that stick around who are being paid likely benefits the team
Yes.
College ball for 15 years? Think of how many degrees you’d have!
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If getting degrees had anything to do with it, athletes would stay at a school long enough to get one.
The group this really hursts is the athletes coming out of high school.
Rule should be 5 or 6 years and you are done in college.
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Just like veterans in the NFL hurt the guys coming out of college?
Let the market sort itself out without artificial limits.
Good HS athletes can complete to replace the college players already there.
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18 year olds will rarely outperform 26 year olds that have 8 years of college-level nutritionists and lifting coaches.
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I’ll just leave this here…
College football player cleared for historic 9th season - College Football HQ.
Again, how do college guys from small college programs unseat veterans with professional facilities and years of pro experience?
Remember that time people criticized Case Keenum for the passing record because he played too many games with that medical redshirt.
His 42 starts pales in comparison to Bo Nix’s 61.
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Exceptions to the rule
What rule? About 10 rookies make a team’s roster each year. How is that possible when the veterans have such an advantage?
You may want to build in a safety net for lesser players, but the reality is with NIL in place now, donors will want to pay for only the better/best players available.
You are living in the past.
Its like the Oxford Cleric for college athletes.
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Because you a human being before you are a football athlete and you need to get off campus and get around to actually living your life.
You are 35 years of age and you want to hang out with 18 year olds.
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Some find it hard to give up being a hero.
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Pitiful.
Au contraire mon frere, it is you who lives in the past.
Historically, about 10 freshman make the roster every year, yes, but we’re in fresh waters now, and i think we’ll see less and less fish making the rosters on top-20 teams. Those that make it will be exceptions to the rule.