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[QUOTE="Husky25, post: 1100862, member: 2839"]
Tennis is a bad comparison. The best players in the world in their sport come out of college football and basketball and the pro leagues have the age limit, not the NCAA. For football, an NFL player must be at least 20 (I believe) years old and 3 years removed from his high school or preparatory graduation to be eligible for the draft (either in April or supplementary). That typically means RS Sophomore or later. The NBA has a similar rule, but it's 19 and 1 year removed. The reason in the NBA is the same as having a rookie wage scale...money for development. $5 million is a bad investment for an 18 year old kid who may or may not have played against quality competition. Get better on someone else's dime. The same reason applies to the NFL, except there is also a safety component to it (i.e. fully mature 280 lbs. 28 year old LB vs. a 19 year old 150 lb. running back who is still growing. Not too much good can come from that combination).

In tennis, your career is half over at 22 years old.
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