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I think that the vast majority of kids and parents are aware by jt

that it is an NFL rule and not an NCAA rule. They would get any and all info on it from the school or from runners/agents. The NFL doesn't have an incentive to let people in earlier nor do they have an incentive to form their own minor league. There also are not professional leagues (at least not popular ones) overseas where kids have the option to go and develop unlike soccer, basketball, and even baseball (to an extent).

This is minor league football, like it or not. Once again, I don't see the tie in between NIL and draft eligibility. I don't think many want or need that opportunity quicker than they already have it; perhaps some skill position kids or outliers on the defensive/offensive line. With the amount of money at stake here, it makes little sense to hold these kids hostage to NIL rules that were put in place a century ago to stop (or try and stop) schools from paying ringers.