Colby (or anyone else), why is it that a player can continue to negotiate while in JC, but not while attending regular college? To me it's kind of a two-fold answer. 1. It allows the professional teams (which is who MLB looks out for, and should) to have some leverage by saying that a kid who goes back to school basically has to go until after his junior year. 2. It allows 4 year schools a breather with recruiting. They have to compete against pro baseball already, this allows them to not have to compete as much on a year-to-year basis. For JC's, they are only two-year institutions, they have to recruit heavily all the time anyway, it does not affect them nearly as much.