If a player has eligibility left, what is to stop an NFL player from returning to CFB now?
The SCOTUS was pretty clear that the players had a right to earn income. Where past income has been derived should be irrelevant based on the new logic.
The NFL cannot affect this nor the NCAA from what I can tell.
Replies to: If a player has eligibility left, what is to stop an NFL player from returning to CFB now?
You still have only 5 years to play 4.
Since you can't go pro until after your 3rd year, your 4th year would be in the pros and then, assuming a flop in the pros in the 1st year, a player could go back to college for one year.
Why would anyone do it?
And typically the guys who go pro after 3 years are the best of the bunch so, from a practical standpoint, how many guys would there be who would do it?
And the super-senior type COVID exceptions ending after the 2025 season, the same ability to only play only one year still applies.
It would be like going back to the minors for a baseball player.
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Who wouldn't go from the NFL back to college football if it meant $2M in NIL money?
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How many players are getting $2M?
It is a very small number.
Based on what data is available, there are maybe 2 handful of players who get that kind of $$.
And those types are the stars who are unlikely to be looking for another job after one year in the pros.
Nothing I can see…given current shitshow…
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