SNAFU
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"Having a spring season comes with a cluster of issues. What if the NFL doesn’t move its draft date? That means that every single player with a first-round grade for the would skip the season. Who would play a college season and miss the opportunity to get drafted? Nobody. Though the NFL has said it’s not interested in moving its draft date, there is still a possibility things could change if a spring season is college football’s only option.
There are so many NFL prospects in college football who could stand to improve their draft stock and would maybe play a spring season if the NFL Draft were moved back to June. But if the NFL keeps it in April, why would any draftable prospect play and delay their payday for a full calendar year unless the NCAA alters its rules to have it make sense for players who play a spring season to get selected? I think there would be more than 100 players who would decide not to play, which would decimate the most talented rosters like Clemson, Ohio State and Alabama. All of those teams have double-digit draft-eligible players. But if the NFL keeps it in April, why would any draftable prospect play a spring season that began, for argument’s sake, in March and continued through May or June?"- Ari Wasserman, The Athletic
There are so many NFL prospects in college football who could stand to improve their draft stock and would maybe play a spring season if the NFL Draft were moved back to June. But if the NFL keeps it in April, why would any draftable prospect play and delay their payday for a full calendar year unless the NCAA alters its rules to have it make sense for players who play a spring season to get selected? I think there would be more than 100 players who would decide not to play, which would decimate the most talented rosters like Clemson, Ohio State and Alabama. All of those teams have double-digit draft-eligible players. But if the NFL keeps it in April, why would any draftable prospect play a spring season that began, for argument’s sake, in March and continued through May or June?"- Ari Wasserman, The Athletic