2007-04-13 11:55:06 · 25 answers · asked by Willie D 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Why would someone want to? That is unless they have a suicide wish. This isnt basketball, this is a contact sport and if people go in out of highschool they get hurt. Take a look at the size difference between an 18 year old boy coming out of highschool and compare him to a senior in college. The highschool grad is sooo much weaker that its not even funny. Now compare him to a 34 year old man who has been playing in the NFL for 12 years. It is lunacy to think that players cant go to the NFL out of highschool. Lets not even think about how undeveloped players are out of highschool, how little expierience they have, and how hard it would be for them to get better playing against the caliber guys they would in the NFL.
2007-04-13 12:03:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rule is you must be three years removed from graduating high school. The reason for not allowing players to directly enter the nfl draft from highschool is twofold. First the physical development of most highschool players is not at the level of a college player entering the draft. Okoye graduated high school at the age of 14, and he was already big then, college lifting put more muscle and quickness on him, not to mention technique. He is really a freak for being so large at 14 but what made him a pro prospect was 4 years of college workout and diet programs. Secondly the NFLPA wants to have more mature players in the league, similar to why the NBAPA began their one year rule.
2007-04-13 12:52:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charles Leigh is the Only Player that went from High School to NFL. That I know of. Their is a video on youtube by the NFL on him. NAME of the videos is : The NFL s First Straight from High School Contract: Charlie s Comet | NFL Films Presents.
2016-03-18 00:52:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion, the reality as that high schoolers can't join the nfl for the same reason they can't join the nba anymore, the league wants free advertising for it's product.
nfl execs could not be payed to care less about the education of young athletes or whether or not they can take hits (same as nba execs). the college ranks can polish a football player AND pave the way for millions of dollars in jersey and other merchandise sales, ticket sales, and television advertising dollars FREE OF CHARGE to the nfl. how many reggie bush jerseys do you think would have been sold in billings montana if the nfl didn't benefit from 2 years of free exposure for thier future product?
it's all about dollars and cents folks, there is nothing else in the business of american professional sports. believe me. i'm sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news but it is nothing more than a cold, calculated business of pushing product harder and harder on people that are growing more and more disgusted with the game.
2007-04-13 13:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by m. e 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are too young and not ready in most cases. An 18 year old offensive lineman who went right to the NFL would be destroyed by veteran defensive lineman. Receivers and running backs wouldn't be ready for pro football hitting. Corner backs, safeties and linebackers would not be ready for the speed and tackling power needed for por football. Plus college is a better test of readiness for the pros than high school is. It shows that some HS stars aren't good enough for the pros and that some unknown HS players are good enough to play in the NFL. Plus college football is entertaining.
2007-04-13 12:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by Matt 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Amobi Okoye is 19 years old comign out of Louisville. He's going to be the youngest person drafted in the first round since 1970. There simply is no way for anyone comign staright out of high school to be able to physically compete with men on that level.
2007-04-13 12:10:37 · answer #6 · answered by sjspread 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know what the rule is on that. i think they have to spend at least a year in college.
but generally speaking, the average NFLer is way bigger, stronger, and faster than the average high school footballer.
certainly no NFL team would take a high schooler with no experience in at least college football. high school players don't spend as much time working out & building muscle like college players do. and college players don't spend as much time working out like NFLers do.
2007-04-13 12:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by 3dot3dash3dot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the physical part of the game, no sport is equivalent 2 football....no 1 bench presses 400lbs squats 600lbs runs a 4.5 40 has a 38 vertical leap at 17 18.....paralysis occurs in football, with men playing. put in a kid fresh out of high school and u'll see paralysis become a common injury and death become what paralysis is now
2007-04-13 13:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The N.F.L. isn't the N.B.A.
N.F.L. players actually need to have talent and skills and actually like to graduate at an academic level before moving forward with a career that makes them more than athletes...they are professionals. The best d*mn sport in the U..S..of..A!
2007-04-13 14:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by B Wiz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't you seen "Friday Night Lights".
There are so many hot girls at school. They don't want to waste that scoring opportunity....man !!
But seriously, teams pay too much money and take too high a risk that their Draft Pick needs to be a proven winner.
They need to be stronger and have played against tougher competition to prove it.
2007-04-13 12:38:27 · answer #10 · answered by Whitman Lam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋