How come more high school players don't jump straight to the NFL

[truthteller]

You hardly see any high school player skipping college and going straight to the NFL like you see in the NBA.

Is is because you have be alot stronger physically to play in the NFL?

I don't I think I have ever seen this jump by a player.

 

[Fishhead]

Your not being serious are you?

 

[EveryGamblersDream]

No high school player has ever been good enough to jump straight to the pros imo.

The players in high schools are still growing & could never handle the size, speed, & strength of the NFL.

There are grown men who can't handle it much less a man still growing.

 

[tenman]

And then there is that "RULE" that won't let them......

 

[Fishhead]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tenman:
And then there is that "RULE" that won't let them...... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thank you, I was waiting.

 

[jaypaw]

what rule?

I was thinking that since the dudes are so huge and more developed that the kids would get their asses kicked

but is there a rule?

 

[tenman]

NFL's eligibility rule, which prohibits players from taking part in its annual draft until three years have passed since their high school graduation.

Just ask Clarett and Williams.

 

[truthteller]

I didn't know there was that rule either.

 

[Monday]

Andy Livingston

http://pub2.sportsline.com/nfl/story/7078177

 

[Dante]

WAY to young in the mind to be responsible with the amount of $$ and publicity they will recieve IMO

 

[moneyplay]

Have you had your head up your ass during all of the Clarrett and Mike Williams sh*t going on?? You have to be AT LEAST 3 YEARS out of high school.....

 

[LineTamer+]

I'd love to see a 18 yr old running across the middle into Ray lewis.

I am pretty sure that physical strenght and size dont really happen till college, but if thats not enough the RULE will get anyone thinking about it.

 

[Marco]

I will agree with Dante as far as the mindset of some youth getting all that money and the publicity.....

I would have jumped at the opportunity to play pro NBA after high school if given the chance...not that I had any talent that anyone would really offer, but who wants to sit for decades behind a desk to make the same amount of money an athlete makes in a few years???

All Lawrence Phillips had to do was play football for 5 or 6 years, keep the nose to the grindstone and then break free and do what you want, as long as you don't go through money like Mike Tyson you'll be alright....

Look at the signing bonuses, endorsements, salary.....Who wants to pass up 30 million over a handful of years to look at a plaque on the wall confirming that you have studied for years at the fine art of sitting behind a desk?

Give me the $30 million, you can have the plaque.

 

[Journeyman]

An 18 yr old kid going into the NFL, he could seriously be killed...this is not MLB or NHL or NBA...

On average were talking about men twice as strong ....not even mentioning the overwhelming skill factor differential

 

[GreenDoberman]

Eric Swann basically took an indirect route from high school to the NFL.

 

[truthteller]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dante:
WAY to young in the mind to be responsible with the amount of $$ and publicity they will recieve IMO <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dante, in tennis a 15 year old playing on the circuit is nothing strange.

 

[dimeplayersonly]

eric swann was 21 his rookie year.....

even the best and brightest high-school football player......doesnt have the skills (physical and mental) to make the transition from high-school grad to the nfl...

 

[TommyMullins]

TRUTHTELLER GO DO A SEARCH FOR MAURICE CLARETT.

 

[Dante]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by truthteller:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dante:
WAY to young in the mind to be responsible with the amount of $$ and publicity they will recieve IMO <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dante, in tennis a 15 year old playing on the circuit is nothing strange. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> WAY different truth..... TENNIS holds nothing to NFL/NBA as far as publicity if you are a star. are you serious??? At Last check , in THE USA NFL/NBA is extremely more popular then Tennis

 

[TommyMullins]

RAY LEWIS WOULD LITERALLY KILL AN 18 YEAR OLD KID WITH ONE CRUSHING HIT.