Good for them...to the players protect yourself...it is in the end about maximizing your value.

Penn State's Micah Parsons to skip 2020 season, prep for NFL

Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons is expected to opt out of the 2020 college football season and declare for the 2021 NFL draft, sources told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night.

Parsons is expected to make the decision official Wednesday morning. Multiple people close to the Penn State program are expecting him to leave barring a last-minute change of heart.

Although off-the-ball linebackers don’t often crack the top 10 picks, Parsons could be an exception. He’s widely viewed as the best linebacker potentially available next year and a sure first-round pick as things stand now.

At 6-foot-3 and 245 pounds, running an estimated 4.4-second 40-yard dash, Parsons possesses elite athleticism.

https://sports.yahoo.com/source-penn-sta...19910.html

With operations and training camps crippled, if this guy is drafted in the first three or four rounds, he’ll be fine. It seems like player evaluation is scant at best, and it’s the undrafted and the reserves who are having a tough go with it, because they can’t exactly compete for a job. If the team has some committed money on you, you’re good.

This pro season is going to be a wash, I suspect, but the next few will be interesting to watch on this front, where evaluation is limited. Teams don’t have much in terms of margins to really observe, develop, and evaluate players. And how are they going to know?