One And Done Rule

One and Done is Beneficial There are many arguments that the NFL should or should not have the one and done rule like the NBA and that the NBA should get rid of this rule. The ability of the one and done rule is that it lets the college basketball player declare for the draft as soon as after their freshman year. The one and done rule is beneficial towards college athletes because it opens up a gateway of opportunities for each player. Basketball players like Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and Kyrie Irving have all played college basketball for one year and declared for the NBA draft. All of them have gone on to become stars. So why can't football players do that too. The rule of eligibility for the NFL draft is that a player must

The team will have that player in his prime and the fans can see him grow throughout the many seasons in that team. One really good example is Kobe bryant. Bryant never left the Los Angeles Lakers ever in his career and fans got to see them grow throughout the many seasons he played. Bryant got drafted right after high school and he became one of the best basketball players ever. Zach Harper says, “With the 13th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets selected Kobe Bryant out of Lower Merion High School in Philadelphia.” Kobe, is hands down one of the best basketball player to ever live, and he didn't even get drafted his freshman year of college. He got drafted after his senior year of high school and still became a legend in the NBA and now has money to support his family and put food on the table and buy things he never had when he was young. This shows that the one and done rule opens doors for student athletes by starting them off young and that there is no need to play college basketball for more than one

An injury can ruin any athlete's life, especially if it's bad. If a football player has an amazing sophomore season and then his junior year he gets a really bad injury his career is not entirely over, but there could have been a way to prevent that. If the NFL allowed the one and done rule and that college football player got drafted at an early age in the NFL, at least he would have money if he ever did get hurt. In college these athletes don't get paid, but if they did of course, there would not be a problem but they don't. So if they get hurt in college there is nothing that can be done. You just have to hope that you heal fast and work your way back up. A reporter by the name of Edwin Weathersby said “What happens if Watkins has another stellar year, then in his junior year he gets hurt and his career is over? At least if he were allowed to enter the draft, he would have some money to fall back on in case of injury”. One great example of this is when a player by the name of Inky Johnson got hurt while playing one of his last college football games. Inky Johnson didn't have the best childhood while growing up so at the age of seven years old, he promised his mom that he would make it to the NFL so that she would never have to work another day in her life. While Johnson went for the tackle he injured himself and paralyzed his whole right arm from shoulder