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Paying players and the power 5 breaking away

Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:01 am
Posted by JesusQuintana
St Louis
Member since Oct 2013
33366 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:01 am
If this happens, would the next logical step be to institute some type of draft for HS players? It's really the only way to effectively level the playing field and while that's not much of a concern today it could become so if schools are required to carry a payroll.

Thoughts?
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:02 am to
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draft for HS players


sounds horrible
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:04 am to
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some type of draft for HS players

Terrible idea.
Posted by JesusQuintana
St Louis
Member since Oct 2013
33366 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:06 am to
All of it sounds horrible, but if CFB is going to turn into a mini NFL then it's the next logical step really.

Along with blowing up the conferences and going to some type of division setup and a expanded playoff.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
68321 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:06 am to
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would the next logical step be to institute some type of draft for HS players?


Are you joking? Telling kids where they have to go to college?
Posted by allin2010
Auburn
Member since Aug 2011
18151 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:11 am to
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f this happens, would the next logical step be to institute some type of draft for HS players?



"They change jersey numbers, not guys," Dooley said. "They sign the same guys every year, just different names. And they draft, we recruit. And they get the first 25 picks of the draft

Additional OBC: "In 12 years at Florida, I don't think we ever signed a kid from the state of Alabama ... Of course, we found out later that the scholarships they were giving out at Alabama were worth a whole lot more than ours."
Posted by JesusQuintana
St Louis
Member since Oct 2013
33366 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:34 am to
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quote: would the next logical step be to institute some type of draft for HS players? Are you joking? Telling kids where they have to go to college?


They are told which NFL team they have to play for now.

If you're paying them...

I think there is a very good chance that CFB is virtually unrecognizable in 25 years. Money has rooted itself far too deep in the game.
Posted by Robert Duval
Member since Jul 2015
421 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 9:12 am to
Terrible idea. Drafting players...telling them where they will have to go to college....unless they are paid. Actually, if they are paid like employees, and then are employees of the power 5, this makes some sense. But of course, paying them makes f***ing zero sense. Given the fact that college athletics LOSES money...and the few college programs that make money simply bankroll ALL of the other sports that lose money...from baseball to women's golf, and Title IX is going nowhere...it's a HORRIBLE idea. As if college isn't expensive enough?!?! Now, the football players that are already going to school ENTIRELY free, including food...will also be paid by the very student body who will walk away from college with $70K of student loan debt..so they'll see that go up because football players aren't benefiting enough from the free education, books, housing, food, etc...that we also have to pay them to make sure that they have a nice new car and the newest iphone and clothes. GTFO with that ridiculous bullshite!!

Ok. I admit it. I have a high school senior who is about to go to college. She has a 4.2 GPA and 2 years of college completed IN HIGH SCHOOL but isn't worthy of a red cent from one of the Florida schools to which she is applying...so I'm a little f***ing jaded!
Posted by mikeb0870
Member since Sep 2015
366 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 10:42 am to
This is one of the most ridiculous things I've read on here. If all p5 schools are paying them the same then the playing field is level.
Posted by rockiee
Sugar Land, TX
Member since Jan 2015
28540 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 10:47 am to
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would the next logical step be to institute some type of draft for HS players?


Why did drafting high school players become your next logical step?
Posted by RebelTheBear
Saban's spare bedroom
Member since Aug 2016
5531 posts
Posted on 11/2/16 at 10:48 am to
They are told where they have to play in the NFL, but you can't tell someone where they have to go to college. Obtaining an education is more important than playing football, and forcing a kid to go to a school that is too easy or too hard is not good for them in the long run.

It isn't all about football and money man.
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