[dyed_in_the_wool]

This is going to ruin the NFL.
Just look at the NBA.

[smith288]

The rule is somewhat goofy in that a 15 yr old scholar who graduates early from High School can enter a draft but a 20 yr old soph in college cannot. But this is still very harmful in my opinion.

[writer33]

"This is going to ruin the NFL."

What he said fifty times over!

[Lost Highway]

This is going to ruin the NFL. Just look at the NBA.

I don't think younger players ruined the NBA. What ruined the NBA was rules implemented that valued individual athletic ability over the knowledge of how to play team basketball.

[gdani]

This is going to ruin the NFL.

Just look at the NBA.

Yeah -- LeBron clearly isn't ready to compete in the NBA.

Nor was Moses Malone, Spencer Haywood, Darryl Dawkins, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal, Shawn Kemp, etc, etc

[katana]

It will definitely hurt college football and every other NCAA sport. The big time programs make huge amounts of money on football which essentially pay for all the other programs that otherwise couldn't exist (especially the womens' programs). It is one big can of worms that this judge just opened.

[Rutles4Ever]

I don't think we can compare the NFL with the NBA. Regardless of talent, the NFL is much more physically punishing, and a kid out of high school doesn't stand a chance without years of weight training and physical conditioning at the college level. This may hasten some select college freshmen and sophomores into the NFL ranks, but when Heisman Trophy winning quarterback can typically expect to wait two to three years before taking a game snap, owners will be hard pressed to shell out big cash for undeveloped talent that will sit on the bench. Conversely, once it becomes apparent that college level seasoning is a must to have a chance at being competitive at the pro-level, we'll see retention rates similar to what we have now.

[PattonReincarnated]

>> This is going to ruin the NFL.
>> Just look at the NBA.

The NFL is already ruined.