re: Portal Extravaganza: Round 2! I’ve been twittered. The search for scout team QB continues.

Yea the JUCO ruling really perplexed me. At some point the amateur status, while largely about the money aspect, did have some grounds in making sure grown adults weren’t playing against young adults, and originally that was more of the point.

Having a bunch of pententially 26/27/28 year olds on college football just doesn’t seem right. Maybe it won’t end up meaning much, but I just don’t like the clear slippery slope that is presented.

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Yea the JUCO ruling really perplexed me.

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What have I missed other than the injunction?

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What have I missed other than the injunction?

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Well, until the NCAA makes an official statement, the ruling on Pavia means that JUCO years don’t count towards FBS 1-A eligibility.

I could have sworn you were the one who explained that ruling is on a per case basis.

I believe the NCAA will do something about it or compromise, give one year, not two.

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I could have sworn you were the one who explained that ruling is on a per case basis.

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Was not me

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I believe the NCAA will do something about it or compromise, give one year, not two.

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I believe they will as well. They have to. I agree with what you said, the majority of the players taking advantage of it wouldn’t be your superstar NFL players, but even so, a Junior Rosegreen at 26 playing college ball wouldn’t be good

I don’t think it ends up being that big of a deal, I just don’t like the path it has laid out as a possibility.

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Just wait until some 28 year old gives an 18 year old a career ending injury and watch the lawsuits that come from it lol. Only a matter of time.

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Why would that be any different from a 32 year old in the NFL hitting a recently drafted 22 year old?

You will say that the 22 year old is "physically developed", but the hypothetical 18 year old who is playing isn't going to be doing so unless they are physically mature. D1 teams aren't playing physically immature 18 year olds.

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That lawsuit would be pretty silly though. That's almost like saying you trained too hard and tackled me'

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Yes, but there is a reason they don't allow kids in the NFL. The difference in physical development is huge.

And yes, in the past it has been more fringe guys or guys like Weeden, but that will change with this ruling. You'll see people go JUCO just to develop without using up eligibility.

All the lawsuits against CFB has been mostly silly, so it would fit with the rest lol.

"Agents" can get these kids to believe a lot of things are a good idea though.

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And yes, in the past it has been more fringe guys or guys like Weeden, but that will change with this ruling. You'll see people go JUCO just to develop without using up eligibility.

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Every HS recruit worth a shite thinks of themselves good enough to be in the NFL after 3 years. None of these kids are envisioning a 6+ year journey wherein they're playing in front of no one at Western Iowa Community College for 2 years to "develop" before they go spend another 3-4 years at a D1 school. There is also obviously the problem that JUCO's don't have money to pay kids, so they would also need to be playing for free (as opposed to getting a big payday right out of HS at a P4 school).

Entering the NFL at an older age is also a net-negative. "Older" amateur prospects are penalized in draft models in basically every professional sport. An NFL team will value a 22 year old prospect much more highly than a similarly skilled 26 year old prospect.

I'm not saying everyone will do it, but you're crazy if you think some money bags somewhere won't give an agent a kick back to bring a couple 3 stars or some 4 stars to try to game the system.

Who was the coach at Houston a few years ago who convinced a bunch of players to redshirt? it backfired on him, but he somehow convinced them to basically give up a year of football.

I agree about the players who are NFL level talent. Its the other players who aren't that agents will try to convince.