How an NCAA Lockout Of NFL Scouts Will Help Football As a Whole

With sanctions coming down on Southern Cal, by way of Reggie Bush, Nick Saban and others have spoken out about possibly imposing a 'lock-out" against pro scouts, if the NFL cannot keep agents from paying player who still have collegiate eligibility.

I have put some thought to this novel idea, and decided to put the proverbial "pen-to-paper" on the subject, here goes.

If, in fact, a lock-out should be imposed (which this is just an idea, and will likely never come to fruition) the upside to professional and collegiate football would be tremendous.

First, the NFL could not use the NCAA version of football as their free farm league any longer. Since, if they take my idea, they would have little or no tape to use for scouting until the end of the full collegiate season, excluding all-star games, senior games, etc...

Upon the end of the season, limit teams access to the tapes, to a certain number of players within a position range, say, 3 QB's, 4 RB's, 5 WR's, 3 TE's, you get the picture.

Only the tapes and the Combine can be used for scouting purposes. This would actually in the end make the Draft shorter, with fewer rounds, considering teams cannot use their full resources they are now employing.

Teams cannot share the tapes, or any info gained at the Scouting Combine. So they do not go over the sanctioned limits.

Any players that do not get drafted will then go into the UFL's draft class, and that would make the UFL's chances of success much, much greater.

Or even another idea would be to keep the Draft at it's current length, but populating the UFL's teams with players drafted in the 5th through the 7th rounds. Undrafted players as well will be able to sign with UFL organizations, as will players that may be cut throughout preseason workouts.

The NFL teams will by default have to associate themselves with UFL teams, just like the MLB does now, and will be able to "call up" a player at any given time, as long as a player currently on the roster is either "sent down" or placed on a revised version of IR.

If this would be the case, and standard across the board, the revenue that the NFL could generate could be endless. Since it would also be pulling in the money from ticket sales and TV revenues from the UFL's games.

I, for one, do not want this to happen. I am not a fan of "America's Past time." So, obviously, I would like for the one's that say they are in charge to truly be doing their jobs.

Any agent or agency for whatever industry, wishing to contact a future, or current professional football player should be licensed by the NFLPA, or be approved by the NCAA.

And if/when the agent is approved, any wrong-doing that takes place between the agent and player, ALL parties involved should be liable to sanctions, including the NCAA and the NFLPA, for approving the agent.

The NFL should be able to the discipline the player, regardless of when and what amount of time passes between infraction and judgement.

If this were to take place, then the kids who then get the chance to play for their favorite college teams wouldn't have to transfer because someone from an earlier class decided to be dishonest and cocky about the situation, and pretty much screwed those kids for what is now pocket change for him.