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Message: [QUOTE="beakumhawks, post: 2540117, member: 1689"] Tom, I like your idea, but I would change it to five years, with four years of eligibility. I worked with a guy who played football at Nebraska and he said that for most of the guys there was no way in hell they were going to get a degree in four years. The athletic demands were just too great. In terms of the rankings, the services don't always get it right. Frank Mason was a National Player of the Year by most publications, and his 247 ranking coming out of High School was 118: [URL="https://247sports.com/Player/Frank-Mason-22533/high-school-35543"]Frank Mason, Massanutten Military Academy, Point Guard[/URL] By contrast, Josh Selby was the #1 ranked recruit coming out of High School, and he didn't do squat. The key is to have a coach that can identify the talent and mold it into something he wants, not to go apepoop over recruiting rankings. [/QUOTE]