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cookies said:
****, wouldn’t be surprised if some late day 3 picks have second thoughts and try to finagle their way back to college
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Wouldn't that be something. Day 2 ends or Day 3 begins and you see kids withdrawing from the draft at that point. Are they contractually obligated to the NFL to participate in the draft through the entire process if they decide they're worth more in college? If late round kids with eligibility can just take their ball home and go back to P4, that will really **** up some NFL teams' plans lol.
 
grover said:
Wouldn't that be something. Day 2 ends or Day 3 begins and you see kids withdrawing from the draft at that point. Are they contractually obligated to the NFL to participate in the draft through the entire process if they decide they're worth more in college? If late round kids with eligibility can just take their ball home and go back to P4, that will really **** up some NFL teams' plans lol.
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Will incentivize teams to draft strictly seniors lol.

Until someone goes back successfully, I doubt any agent wants to be the first mover. However, just the thought of it would be chaotic. Different scenarios, but this is always the calculus that baseball teams have to make with drafting high school players or college players. Pat Connaughton was drafted twice and never became a professional baseball player. Orioles held his rights until 2020; and let him keep the signing bonus.

With euros, they have their local leagues to go back to so it’s NBD. There was a fascinating story with Jokic where he put his name in, went through some workouts, his agent tweeted out that he was withdrawing his name from the draft but he never actually did it; a bluff so to speak.

“I didn’t really do it. I wanted people to think about it a little more, and see the reaction of the United States. When clubs woke up, they really started to protest, and then argue. Not only Denver, a few teams. So I said if a couple teams reacted that way, I can be sure that someone is going to pick him. So I decided to change my mind.”Miško Ražnatović, The Athletic
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Likely would’ve been a second rounder anyways but interesting nonetheless.
 
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Trav said:
The rule is that once you declare your eligibility is done. But that rule was in place because agents were giving advances to players thereby ending their "amateur" status. But in the NIL era that's irrelevant. It's another mess coming no one seems in a hurry to address.

And yes there are plenty of UDFAs that would command big $$ in college.
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Yes, definitely a mess, but I can see benefit to UDFAs from lower division schools who perhaps showed something in an All-star game or combine perhaps become of interest to a bigger school that's in desperate need of a particular position late in spring/summer.
 
grover said:
Wouldn't that be something. Day 2 ends or Day 3 begins and you see kids withdrawing from the draft at that point. Are they contractually obligated to the NFL to participate in the draft through the entire process if they decide they're worth more in college? If late round kids with eligibility can just take their ball home and go back to P4, that will really **** up some NFL teams' plans lol.
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What happens in that scenario = agents start calling teams and telling them not to draft their client. Happens every draft as you get into the 7th round, with some prospects then preferring to pick their teams as UDFA.

Shedeur’s people asked the Ravens to pass on him when they were interested, for example.
 
ajamaican said:
What happens in that scenario = agents start calling teams and telling them not to draft their client. Happens every draft as you get into the 7th round, with some prospects then preferring to pick their teams as UDFA.

Shedeur’s people asked the Ravens to pass on him when they were interested, for example.
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Huh I did not know that. Thanks for the intel. Makes sense.
 
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This country is choking on lawsuits , if you declare NFL ready doing what’s best for your family great go hope for the best for you.

Why players can’t make it in CFB and think NFL no problem I can bling there and have hair to my knees, who’s giving them this bad advice?
 
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