[heartbreakkid]

I don't follow sports much and I was wondering about these topics.

1. In college football and basketball, say a junior gets picked in the draft, but he refuses to sign with the team. Can he go back to college for his senior year? Or what happens to him?

2. This is more about football, but say the top 3 ranked teams are 1. Ohio State, 2. Michigan, and 3. Wisconsin. Can two teams from the same division play in the BCS championship game? And would that mean Wisconsin doesn't get to play in a BCS Bowl game because the Big 10 already has 2 teams in the BCS bowl games? I remember back in December a lot of people in Wisconsin were saying the Badgers got screwed out of a Bowl Game even though they had only 1 loss.

Sorry if I made a new topic on this. I didn't want to bump up the college football thread and the second question wasn't on topic with college basketball.

[GO!zilla]

#1 nope he cant go back (ie look what happend to mike williams of usc). they can either impress scouts at a independent league or they can try the draft again next year.
#2 i dont think that will happen though. since they are in the same division... wouldnt they play each other? and that'll mean one of them wouldve lost to the other causing them rankings. and for college football... nobody knows anything about it cuz their bcs sht sucks.

[gary]

#1: when an amateur athlete (college athlete) has signed with an agent, then he cannot go back into college atheltics. there is such a situation(randolph morris of kentucky) where he didn't sign with an agent, paid for all his trips himself, and didn't get drafted, so he made it back to college basketball. I guess it would apply for college football players too. the big thing is, that you can't sign with an agent, or receive benefits (money) of any kind

#2: it could happen, and there is no rule barring two teams from the same conference to play in the national championship game or bcs game. i dont' know about the the two teams from the same conference rule. i always assumed that it was just the top 6 teams in the bcs. but i guess that's right. 6 conference winners (pac 10, big 12, big 10, acc, big east, sec) and then 2 at large, so theoretically, the 2 at large could be from the same conference, and you would get 3 teams from the same conference.

[GO!zilla]

^ yea thats what i forgot... if you made money in anyway... such as endorsement signing or even recieved a house (cough reggie bush) ... then ur ineligble to return.

[Kit_Starter]

1) That's a good question. It has never happened before so I'm not sure but if you get drafted I'm pretty positive you can't go back even if you didn't sign with an agent. Like it has already been mentioned if you sign with an agent or sign an endorsement deal you're definitely out.

2) Two teams from the same conference can play in the championshp game. It almost happened last year with Ohio State and Michigan. Thank goodness it didn't. And also only a maximum of two teams from the same conference can go to the BCS. So there's no way Wisconsin could have made it with Michigan and Ohio State in front of them.

Also gary there are 4 at large bids given now for a possible of 10 BCS spots. The 4 at large bids last year of course went to Michigan, Notre Dame, LSU and Boise State.

[heartbreakkid]

So even if Wisconsin is ranked 3rd with Ohio State and Michigan at 1 and 2, they're pretty much screwed? That's gotta suck.

[gary]

^ no! it depends on what the bcs rankings. if somehow wisconsin is third in the bcs, with michigan and ohio state in front of them, then yes, they will get an at large bid. in fact, if they're in the top 10? then they'll get an at large bid. it's possible, but highly unlikely

that's right, they have 5 bcs games including the national championship.

and yes, randolph morris is the only player that went through the draft without being drafted and came back to the nba. so it is possible. same rules should apply to ncaa football.

[Trungy]

I don't follow sports much and I was wondering about these topics.

1. In college football and basketball, say a junior gets picked in the draft, but he refuses to sign with the team. Can he go back to college for his senior year? Or what happens to him?

2. This is more about football, but say the top 3 ranked teams are 1. Ohio State, 2. Michigan, and 3. Wisconsin. Can two teams from the same division play in the BCS championship game? And would that mean Wisconsin doesn't get to play in a BCS Bowl game because the Big 10 already has 2 teams in the BCS bowl games? I remember back in December a lot of people in Wisconsin were saying the Badgers got screwed out of a Bowl Game even though they had only 1 loss.

Sorry if I made a new topic on this. I didn't want to bump up the college football thread and the second question wasn't on topic with college basketball.

1. As people have mentioned before, no, you are not allowed. The reason is because college athletes are not allowed to have any figure represent them in a financial way. A tax attorney, maybe, but an agent, no.

Typically, mainly in college basketball, what players do is work out for the pro scouts before draft day, and if they are projected high enough, a lot of players would then declare for the draft. This is actually quite routine for college basketball.

In football, it does not work out that way. Typically, after the season is over, players decide whether to declare for the draft or return to college.

2. The rule states that the BCS can only have two representative from a BCS conference. In this past season's case, Wisconsin was screwed because they had a terrific season, yet they were unable to be invited to a BCS bowl because the Big Ten already had Michigan and Ohio State as their two representatives.

6 teams are selected from the top of each BCS conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, SEC, and Pac-10). If Notre Dame either wins 10 games or is ranked in the top 10, they are automatically in the BCS bowl games. The last spot (or in cases where Notre Dame does not qualify, the last two spots) are rewarded to whichever team the bowl game wants to invite.

Sometimes, some bowl games have special commitments to a certain conference. For example, the Rose Bowl invites winners of the Pac-10 and Big Ten conference unless those winners are in the national championship. The Orange Bowl are tied in with the ACC and the Big East. The Sugar Bowl are tied in with the SEC. I think the Fiesta Bowl are tied in with the Big 12, but I can't be entirely sure.