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Between baseball, basketball, and football
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:09 am
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:09 am
Which major sport has the largest gap from college to pro?
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Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:11 am to Simple Solution
Basketball, Football, Baseball in that order
I don't know if it's done much anymore, but in the not too distant past MLB teams would scrimmage college teams in spring training. Not unheard of for a college team to win every now and then.
There are cases of elite college football players not having successful NFL careers, but rarely do they never get a shot in the NFL.
In Basketball you can have elite college players that don't even get drafted and never sniff the NBA
I don't know if it's done much anymore, but in the not too distant past MLB teams would scrimmage college teams in spring training. Not unheard of for a college team to win every now and then.
There are cases of elite college football players not having successful NFL careers, but rarely do they never get a shot in the NFL.
In Basketball you can have elite college players that don't even get drafted and never sniff the NBA
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 9:15 am
Posted on 4/8/26 at 9:14 am to Simple Solution
Just off the rules when you can qualify, I would say football. Additional, with football being a full contact sport I would think some maturity would help.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 12:32 pm to HongDong
Put it like this.
IF you took an allstar team from each college sport.
Played a pro team of choice.
What sport would the college team be most successful in.
I would say football would get distroyed. Just becausee of the physicallity as someone said.
Baseball might be the answer because you could have a Skeens type pitcher? Or could you have run Acuff, Dybantsa, Peterson, Pete and Boozer out there and compete?
IF you took an allstar team from each college sport.
Played a pro team of choice.
What sport would the college team be most successful in.
I would say football would get distroyed. Just becausee of the physicallity as someone said.
Baseball might be the answer because you could have a Skeens type pitcher? Or could you have run Acuff, Dybantsa, Peterson, Pete and Boozer out there and compete?
Posted on 4/8/26 at 2:58 pm to Simple Solution
Depends on the type of gap we're talking about.
A good college team is most likely to beat a pro team on any given day in baseball due to the nature of the game. It's not terribly rare for bottom-feeder college teams to beat elite teams because elite teams slump and can't get hits all the time. This is much more likely to happen in baseball than other other two sports
But I'd say baseball also has the biggest talent gap by far between D1 and MLB because so much of the talent pool skips college and goes straight to the minors, especially the elite talent.
A good college team is most likely to beat a pro team on any given day in baseball due to the nature of the game. It's not terribly rare for bottom-feeder college teams to beat elite teams because elite teams slump and can't get hits all the time. This is much more likely to happen in baseball than other other two sports
But I'd say baseball also has the biggest talent gap by far between D1 and MLB because so much of the talent pool skips college and goes straight to the minors, especially the elite talent.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:33 pm to Simple Solution
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Which major sport has the largest gap from college to pro?
In what way?
One being able to compete against the other?
The ability of an athlete to make the leap from one level to the next?
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:34 pm to Simple Solution
I'd say Baseball, the pros have the most divisions of minor league compared to the rest of the sports
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:37 pm to Simple Solution
Football..it is why only a few rookies start their first year..big transformation.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:47 pm to Simple Solution
Football is the hardest sport on the planet to play. You dont go from HS to the NFL.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:50 pm to Simple Solution
Definitely baseball
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High-A
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MLB
As the poster above me mentioned, most of the good players are already skipping college to go into pro ball.
College
Low-A
High-A
AA
AAA
MLB
As the poster above me mentioned, most of the good players are already skipping college to go into pro ball.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 3:56 pm to Simple Solution
Anyone saying football is beyond clueless.
It’s baseball, by far, and basketball is a distant 2nd.
Less than 5% of all college baseball players drafted in the first 5 rounds of the MLB draft make a MLB roster 2 years after being drafted. Within 3 years of being drafted, it jumps to 8%.
Conversely 45% of College players drafted in the NFL draft are on an NFL roster 3 years after being drafted.
It’s baseball, by far, and basketball is a distant 2nd.
Less than 5% of all college baseball players drafted in the first 5 rounds of the MLB draft make a MLB roster 2 years after being drafted. Within 3 years of being drafted, it jumps to 8%.
Conversely 45% of College players drafted in the NFL draft are on an NFL roster 3 years after being drafted.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:10 pm to Simple Solution
I think you can look at the age rules for each sport. I know you said college but the NFL won’t take a high schooler because of the physical nature of the sport and most 18-year olds aren’t physically developed enough for the violence.
As far as a skills gap, that’s a different discussion. I’d say basketball is easier to transition. Look at Lebron James and Cooper Flagg. They dominated - or at least competed at a high level - as 17-19 year olds.
As far as a skills gap, that’s a different discussion. I’d say basketball is easier to transition. Look at Lebron James and Cooper Flagg. They dominated - or at least competed at a high level - as 17-19 year olds.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:10 pm to Hawgleg
College all stars gave Super Bowl champ Pittsburgh everything they could handle years ago I think in football.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:30 pm to Tammany Tom
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It’s baseball, by far
Yep and it’s not close. Baseball is the hardest sport not just to adjust to but play period. Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 4:49 pm to AUCE05
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Football is the hardest sport on the planet to play.
Depending on the position it's actually probably the easiest of any major sport.
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 4/8/26 at 5:14 pm to RandySavage
Lol no. The amount of people in this thread that hasnt been around the game of football is laughable.
This post was edited on 4/8/26 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 4/8/26 at 6:59 pm to Simple Solution
Baseball easily imo.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 7:10 pm to AUCE05
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Lol no. The amount of people in this thread that hasnt been around the game of football is laughable.
I love football, much more than the other major sports, but it requires far less skill than baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, hockey etc..
You can take a good athlete and turn them into a football player much easier and much faster than any other popular sport.
Posted on 4/8/26 at 8:59 pm to Simple Solution
Baseball
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