[Lost Highway]

I just don't understand why the NFL wants this rule. Why don't they let the freedom of competition decide wether someone is able to play in the NFL.

[Gaetano]

I think the NFL likes the college football system since it provides a free minor leagues to help screen talent for them. I think this screening is more important in football than basketball, because it provides proof about a young player's ability to take a beating and to handle resposibility.

Claret's brief college experience has proven that he can neither take a beating nor handle responsibility. Despite this ruling he should stay at OSU and try to change this impression.

[antiRepublicrat]

I just don't understand why the NFL wants this rule. Why don't they let the freedom of competition decide wether someone is able to play in the NFL.

It's sort of the apprentice/journeyman/master setup that has sadly disappeared from society. They didn't necessarily want players with the most raw talent, but seasoned and mature players who have learned to play on a team at two separate levels. This lowering of the bar to entry could be one source of all of the problems and indiscretions we've been having with athletes in recent years.

[Onelifetogive]

I just don't understand why the NFL wants this rule.

They don't!

In trying to maintain the status quo, the NFL argued that Clarett should not be eligible because its rule resulted from a collective bargaining agreement with the players.

The player's union wants the rule...less competition. I can live with this decision. Anything the unions don't like is fine with me!!!