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Agreed that they shouldn't need a gateway, but disagree on the 18 year old being ready. There may be one from time to time, but the extra 3 years of both skill
by dpeck 11y ago
Agreed that they shouldn't need a gateway, but disagree on the 18 year old being ready. There may be one from time to time, but the extra 3 years of both skill and physical development makes a big difference for almost every player/position.
- fredkbloggs 11y agoThat's certainly true; it's true in most other sports as well. That's why for example baseball players spend anywhere from 2 to 5 or 6 years in the minor leagues before they make the big club (which many never do). There's no reason to prefer that they spend that developmental time playing for free on a university's team instead of for peanuts on a minor-league professional club. And there are plenty of reasons to prefer the alternative.
- jhspaybar 11y agoMore realistically, it's 3 to 4 more years of a chance to get a career ending injury. It seems like there's at least 1 or 2 every draft season that never gets a shot at the pros because they're injured in college.