06-07-2017, 02:31 PM
Sorry, BobK, I don't buy it. OTAs start mid-May or later, and most semester schools are done by then. There's no incentive for draftees to enroll in spring semester. And how many draftees from quarter-based calendars enroll in spring quarter? CMac didn't. Did Solomon Thomas?
I suppose the rule helps those very few athletes from quarter schools who are drafted and on the verge of graduation, but if it is the NFL's priority to help student-athletes, then the League should require football players to be at least four years out of high school before they are eligible for the draft.
As far as I can tell, this rule disadvantages athletes from quarter schools who aren't first-round picks like CMac or Thomas--CMac and Thomas are going to make their team's rosters. And no one has articulated how the rule is a positive for the NFL. Unless there's something else that I'm missing, which is entirely possible.
I suppose the rule helps those very few athletes from quarter schools who are drafted and on the verge of graduation, but if it is the NFL's priority to help student-athletes, then the League should require football players to be at least four years out of high school before they are eligible for the draft.
As far as I can tell, this rule disadvantages athletes from quarter schools who aren't first-round picks like CMac or Thomas--CMac and Thomas are going to make their team's rosters. And no one has articulated how the rule is a positive for the NFL. Unless there's something else that I'm missing, which is entirely possible.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)