&gt; Secondly, your premise is incorrect. It&#x27;s the NFL that has a rule against drafting players out of high school, not society.<p>I&#x27;m not sure how you could have interpreted my post any other way.  When I refer to &quot;collusion&quot; I&#x27;m speaking of that between the NFL and the NCAA.  I&#x27;m aware it&#x27;s the NFL&#x27;s rule (in collaboration with the NCAA).<p>&gt; That doesn&#x27;t solve the problem. Even if football athletes could go straight from high school to college as in basketball and baseball, college football will still be a huge moneymaker, and the athletes will remain broke.<p>Actually, this solves a lot of problems.  First, that there is more than one route to the NFL.  If you&#x27;re 18, insanely talented and want to go to the NFL, you don&#x27;t have to waste everyone&#x27;s time pretending to be a student for 3 years.  Colleges can focus more on academics instead of the charade it is now.  And if you have the skills necessary to make money out of high school, you have an avenue to do so.