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Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon
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If teams only drafted players ready to play in the NFL ,there would be no disastrously bad picks. Ryan Leaf would have been an undrafted free agent; same with Rick Mirer and same with that big stud offensive tackle that was drafted by Green Bay who stunk on a bagel (can't remember his name at the moment).
There is a thread here asking if several current Redskins were "wasted picks". If you assertion were correct and only players ready to play were taken, no such thread would ever need to be started.
Clarett can protect himself against a career ending injury with an insurance policy. Even the NCAA, which hates to admit that athletes get certain bennies that other students do not, will allow this and allow him to retain eligibility. (Where can he get the money? From the same place that he is getting the money to pay his lawyers.)
Problem is that Clarett tossed his eligibility in the ashcan when he stopped going to class to maintain academic eligibility. So now that kind of policy is not really open to him. 
Clarett chose to put all his eggs in one basket. Notice I said he CHOSE to do that; no one put a gun to his head and made him do it against his will. Then he forgot to keep a careful eye on the basket... |
Tony mandarich- green bay. there are no certainties when it comes to the draft, I just feel Clarett should be alotted the same opportunity as a junior in college.
I have to say about player's being ready, the question is not if he's talented enough, but whether or not he is physically ready, although there are plenty of bust's, it's usually because they are not talented enough, the case with underclassmen is they are not physically ready for the NFL, and I can see the point trying to be made, it's not unreasonable, but you have to admit there is alway's an exception to the rule, we all know not everybody mature's at the same rate, some guy's are much further along than other's, why should they be held back? I believe it's nothing more than college's losing the draw of star power, thus losing out on a lot of money, did Clarett bring this on himself? Absolutly, but that doesn't mean he's wrong, many people have challenged the establishment when they felt there was an injustes, Curt Flood opened the way for free agency, was he wrong? And I feel this situation with Clarett is a minor ripple in the rule changes, that really won't affect that much either way, I just feel it's not right if a kid is not smart enough to go to college, that he should be punished for it, and not allow to pursue another venue of income in the NFL.