Quote Originally Posted by darkchrono
that is why I prefer college football over college basketball. Players stick around longer. If a player leaves early it will generally only be after his junior year. And you will usually only get a handful of players or so a decade who leaves after their sophomore year.

In basketball you have players leaving after their freshman and sophomore years all the time.
The NFL also has rules to stop players from entering at such an early age.

Look at Mike Williams from USC. He tried to enter the NFL Draft after his freshman year and ended up losing his amateur status.


College football players are staying longer because they have to.*

*This is just a generalization. Obviously this isn't the case with all college football players. Many of them stay for 4 years because they want to.