For some NFL Draft prospects, joining the league now means a pay cut from college football

Two months ago, in a courtroom in a rural Mississippi town of 157 people, Trinidad Chambliss and his lawyers argued against the NCAA with a clear goal: keep him at Ole Miss for one more year — and away from the NFL.Chambliss, 23, was projected as a middle-round NFL prospect with potential to be the third quarterback taken in next week’s draft. But in a sign of the shifting landscape of college football, his lawyers made the case that going pro would actually cost Chambliss millions of dollars compared to the value of his name, image and likeness deal at Ole Miss.And Chambliss isn’t alone.Advertisement