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While I agree with the points you made above there is another side to the story. If a player is talented enough to enter the draft and be selected by a team and given a contract, who is the NFL to restrict employment based on arbitrary age law. I realize there is a special need for size and strength in football but still, if a player is good enough to be drafted than I think they should have that option regardless of age. Other professional sports draft players as young as 14 and 15, granted, they have minor leagues to develop in but still. I'll never agree with the NFL restricting someone's fundamental right to earn a wage and it appears the court system will finally straighten this mess out.
Let me ask you dissenters this....What would you do if you were a star high-school or college athlete and you had to make the decision to jump into the draft or go continue playing at an amateur level? Would you turn down guaranteed millions and risk an injury playing amateur sports that would prevent you from ever making the money you could have? I would take the money. I will never criticize anyone for taking the money when they can because sports careers can be short lived and athletes never know how long they will be able to play. If you need to blame someone for the deteriation of skills in professional sports perhaps we should blame ourselves as fans for continuing to pay exorbinant prices to attend games and support teams when we are unhappy with skill levels. By doing so we send an economic message that things are OK.
Just my thoughts... What do you think??
-Dostoevsky
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