Does a spring season give the Big 10 and PAC-12 an edge?!

GojiraCane

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This might be counterintuitive, but let me make the argument. Let’s say that the plan for a spring season in 2021 remains unchanged for the two conferences, followed by a fall 2021 season. Could an Ohio State or Michigan use this to their advantage, promising early enrollees playing time in the spring season? Thus a top blue chip recruit could theoretically have to play only two calendar years (2021 and 2022). In those two years they would earn three college seasons in, before being eligible to go pro. This would give a recruit a year head start over the three conferences playing a fall 2020 season.

Could this actually work for them?
 
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This might be counterintuitive, but let me make the argument. Let’s say that the plan for a spring season in 2021 remains unchanged for the two conferences, followed by a fall 2021 season. Could an Ohio State or Michigan use this to their advantage, promising early enrollees playing time in the spring season? Thus a top blue chip recruit could theoretically have to play only two calendar years (2021 and 2022). In those two years they would earn three college seasons in, before being eligible to go pro. This would give a recruit a year head start over the three conferences playing a fall 2020 season.

Could this actually work for them?
That wouldn't work because the players have to be out of high school for 3 years to head to the NFL, not 3 seasons.
 
This might be counterintuitive, but let me make the argument. Let’s say that the plan for a spring season in 2021 remains unchanged for the two conferences, followed by a fall 2021 season. Could an Ohio State or Michigan use this to their advantage, promising early enrollees playing time in the spring season? Thus a top blue chip recruit could theoretically have to play only two calendar years (2021 and 2022). In those two years they would earn three college seasons in, before being eligible to go pro. This would give a recruit a year head start over the three conferences playing a fall 2020 season.

Could this actually work for them?
No the human body is not made to play two seasons in one calendar year. Look how many kids get hurt during the season miss spring ball and some are not ready to start the next season. That is why they are now talking a thanksgiving start. If your a Rousseau for example your not going to risk getting hurt in a spring season with the draft coming up. You would sit out. Big ten in panic mode that the teams that are going to play might pull it off. Also listen to the playoff coaches they hate playing 15 games now with two seasons that becomes 20 or 22 games.
 
No point in debating - those conferences will cave and play this fall. Too much on the line
 
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