This is unfortunate. I really want NU to beat them at full strength.
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It will be interesting what the NFL teams do and how they react. I guess my gut questions (especially going forward) is why opt out of your last season but not declare for the draft a year early. Will be interesting.
They will be at full strength. I equate this to wishing we played XX team before their star player graduated. Things happen. Im pretty sure nobody cared when we lost our best returning threat...ever.
That’s a good point. I’m N.
Minnesota columnist thinks Bateman made the wise decision:
www.startribune.com
By opting out, Gophers' Rashod Bateman makes wisest choice for his health and future
The only tangible value for athletes playing college football for free is to audition for the NFL, and Rashod Bateman already nailed his audition.
www.startribune.com
They cannot enter the draft until they are three years out of high school. This is per the NFL/NFLPA So they
Collective Bargaining Agreement. That is why it is legally binding. Bateman was two years out of high school in spring of 2020.
I believe it is normal graduation class date based. So early graduation (by a semester) would not help. I don't think there is an age component (say a kid is held back a year or even two somewhere along the way). It really forces kids to be on campus for three football seasons before being draft eligible. There are very few players that would really likely be drafted that high two years out.
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Seems like there are several players that are now wanting to backtrack, even though they signed with an agent. Micah Parsons is also looking at the same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA allows it.
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Should be, but this year, it probably won't be,
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Seems like if they signed with an agent, especially before the initial schedule change, they shouldn't be allowed to come back.
Yes, but it looks like they are allowing the ASU punter Turk who opted out in Jan, went through the draft, didn't get drafted, and now is back at ASU to have his 2 years of eligibility back. So, it appears that due to COVID (that is their excuse) that it will be a free for all this year.
Yeah, that's why I'm
.Sucks when our team is committed to working together to fight through the Covid obstacles, and other guys who opted out (& signed with an agent) before the B1G even abbreviated the schedule, are allowed to come back. But I guess anything goes this year.
Edit: I've always been a "we want to play them at their strongest" guy. But while we're trying to rebuild, it sucks to have to play everyone at their strongest... And the schedule isn't doing us any favors either.
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While they may have wavered on the punter, that was a long time ago when no one knew if there would be a season. Parsons and Bateman made their decisions with the understanding we were still going to have a season and opted out, then signed with an agent, and made posts about prepping for the NFL. Maybe the NCAA will grow even the smallest amount of a backbone, otherwise this will open up a whole can of worms going forward. Besides, both have probably already received impermissible benefits since they signed which is a big no no.
