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[QUOTE="FRANKIEFAN, post: 2593012, member: 6729"]
Well MLB is different because the low minors path for a 17 year old is likely similar to college.  NHL that isn't the case.  NCAA hockey also competes directly with a superior entity in the CHL (Major Juniors.)

But you aren't allowed to go to the AHL or ECHL until you are 19 or 20 and at least a year removed.  Bazley would be ineligible for the AHL if he was a hockey player for another year.  Lots of high draft picks spend 8 games on an NHL roster often not playing then go back to juniors due to age.  The NHL doesn't want their prospects playing with grown men fighting for a living when there are better options.

Still the NCAA allows athletes in the sports that aren't predominantly African American to be drafted and build relationships (NHL has development camp every summer for college and junior prospects) with pro teams.

Basketball tweak is easy go to the hockey model.

For football draft everyone as 20 year olds and have the teams tell most of them to finish up their college eligibility.  The only problem comes up with combine/draft calendar overlap with spring semester.  And the NFL thinks its draft is the most exciting thing in sports and 3 days of must see TV you can't skip the combine to finish up your degree or simply get more credits before you have to go to camp.

Its in the NBA and NFLs interest for every team to have a pool of good NCAA players that they can watch and monitor their development.
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