Is "two and done" coming to CFB?

Submitted by Blueverine on January 1st, 2019 at 2:47 PM

With Nick Bosa projected as the No. 1 pick by more than a few folks, does his sitting out move become more widespread without the medical reason? Say you are a guy who played lights out as freshman and sophomore. You’ve show everything to the NFL that they need to see. Why risk playing another down, let alone a full season, when you will get paid really well in a year?

Pros: Guaranteed healthy for the league. No classes. Concentrate on strength, speed, conditioning to ace the combine. Cons: have to pay your way to support you – but if you are not coming back, signing with an agent who can support you is a real option. Risk getting passed by upcoming juniors and seniors.You have to get around the NFL rule that says they have to approve your draft eligibility if you have not used it up. NFL approves all juniors because they are 3 years past high school. This would open a new issue for the NFL to approve players who voluntarily sit out vs. Bosa’s medical (?) reason for sitting out. This would probably open a whole new battle front with CFB.

It’s not for everyone, but for those truly elite, "can't miss" players, if it's an option, I see it happening and sitting out bowl games will be a secondary issue. I guess I’m just suggesting a parallel to basketball’s “one and done” where everyone knows they are not staying for 2 or 3 years. Football is exponentially more dangerous than basketball, so why risk injury if your career path is pretty well set?

The Pharaoh of Filth

January 1st, 2019 at 6:34 PM ^

Agreed and this is why the arguments to pay them are so stupid. No amount of college payola will keep them in school.

What I think is--the old school approach comes back into play. The old, fun offenses come back, walkon programs take more footing, and we go back to the fun days again.

Senior dominated teams will win more--as they would be the ones who recruit lesser talented players, keep them in school--and PROFIT! Your team wins while the other glamor boys keep rotating players every two years.

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MichiganStan

January 1st, 2019 at 5:15 PM ^

Hell no

The NFL is already in deep shit over injuries. The last thing they want is some super young physically undeveloped guys (Relative to football players of course) who come in and get injured by full grown men

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RoseBowl78

January 1st, 2019 at 5:29 PM ^

This makes a lot of sense and I could totally see it happening. I do think the best thing that could happen to CFB would be for the NFL to be forced into developing a minor league system like MLB and NHL. You would still have great CFB but it would most all be kids that really want to be in school. I would think it would also level the playing field a lot and really favor more academically oriented schools.

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