As the conferences continue to opt out, the impact will be felt in next years NFL draft.
Buy or sell?
Buy or sell?
Buy or sell? college football opting out will have a major NFL draft impact
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Buy as there will be more than ever coming out for the draft. The flip side is everyone will stay on another year to build their draft place.
EITHER way it's a major impact on said draft. I'm thinking more than ever will come out and there will be a lot of potential talent not proven, available even in later rounds. Just my 2 cents
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EITHER way it's a major impact on said draft. I'm thinking more than ever will come out and there will be a lot of potential talent not proven, available even in later rounds. Just my 2 cents
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I mentioned this in the podcast today. The Combine is going to be HUGE. Way bigger than it ever has been in determining where you will be taken in the draft.
I don't see NCAA giving Seniors another year of eligibility as that monkey's up the scholarship situation. Unless they give some temp scholarships, there would be very few to give to upcoming freshman (of course, HS seniors have their own concerns if they don't play).
I imagine a lot more Juniors will stay in school if they think they can improve their draft status so we could well end up with a senior heavy draft. That favors teams with better scouting departments I think. Like Cope said, that puts more emphasis on the Combine and private workouts. However, gotta believe scouts are already sitting at home and scouring tapes in more detail then ever.
Some teams may try to play in the spring, but then players (and teams) gotta look at the grind of Spring football, draft, OTA, camp and full NFL season. A spring injury could really impact a guys status as no time to heal.
Sure will be an odd year come draft.
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Huge buy. There are going to be guys who had huge years last year that drop off and there'll be unheralded guys like Joe Burrow who won't have the season to skyrocket up draft boards. Small school prospects will go unnoticed. A team may study film of a college star and notice a teammate stand out as well. Not gonna happen without a season. You're gonna have high picks that are awful and late picks who are great. It'll be a weird draft.
Will they get to wear victim patches or do they have to wait till after they are drafted ?
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They will be self-portraits as they will consider themselves victims of the Pandemic. FLM
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yuurite...they are already victims of oppression and systemic racism and now a pandemic, so they do indeed qualify to wear their college yearbook pictures on their helmet to make America aware of the troubles they have endured in their life. Just the thought of the constant abuse and prejudice they have had to endure makes me wanna go out and buy a Black Lives Matter flag for my yard.
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Every year there are a few players who started less than two years that are intriguing that need another year to prove it or grow. The 2021 draft won't have many underclassmen that fit this mold declaring for the draft.
I predict a low amount of underclassmen declaring.
The College all-star games, if they happen, will be HUGE.
People relationships between scouts and college coaches will matter a bit more as well as there will be less video than usual.
I tend to think smaller school prospects and players with limited experience that are seniors will suffer then most, and teams will draft heavily from the traditional powerhouses.
I predict a low amount of underclassmen declaring.
The College all-star games, if they happen, will be HUGE.
People relationships between scouts and college coaches will matter a bit more as well as there will be less video than usual.
I tend to think smaller school prospects and players with limited experience that are seniors will suffer then most, and teams will draft heavily from the traditional powerhouses.
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You've got some good points but as you can see in red, I gave another aspect.
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Cash money? There might not even be football in 2021. Good luck on getting that contract and large bonus when the product is iced. Covid-19 MUST be beaten first. If your a college football player now is the time to work on your education. 97% of the D1 college football players are not making the NFL anyway.
You could be right, but I see a down year in underclassman declaring for the draft.
I'd rather see Goodell take charge, move the NFL to a remote town / towns in Canada, Montana, Wyoming or Alaska for the time being ( With the accommodations the players want ) , and build 6 fields inside bubbles where they will play ball until Covid-19 is under control. Players to be tested weekly. Rosters expanded to 70 men. If something like this were done, at least the fans will have a season. Players can opt-out if they wish, they just won't get paid. Right now, I've got a bad feeling about the season. The larger the amount of players on the playing surface, the easier it is to spread and catch covid-19.
If Dan Rooney, Lamar Hunt, and others like them, people who build the NFL were still around, I'd have much more hope. Crap, I roll the dice with Al Davis coming up with something these days. Goodell is sleaze in fine Park Avenue suit. These current owners have too many non-football problems these days.
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I think there will be a return to full college football in 2021. There may be limitations to fans in the stadium, but I think they will play. But I also think there will be a handful of effective treatments or vaccines by then. There is just too much focus around the world on a vaccine not to have something by next year at this time.
Your six field bubble theory is in conflict with your last statemetn about more people on the field. There are 32 fields now for practices and games. Even if your 6 are just for games, there has to be 2 or 3 games played on each field each week to get the full weekly game slate in. And then I ask where will you practice? Even building 6 fields and having them game ready at this point would be impossible even if crews worked 24x7. Heck, just getting the heavy equipment, drainage, substrate plus artificial surface to lay down would take more than 2 weeks I would imagine. Its an idealistic goal for such player bubbles, but no way it can happen at this stage.
The current owners helped create some of the off field problems.
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As will scouting...and we all know what team scouts like a mf'er.
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Are you referring to "video scouting" or actual bonified team talent scouting. The absolute best ever was the scouting staff from a little steel mill town that drinks a lot and has a football problem...........
Just checking (I know your answer)
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