Guess I'm an old fogey. I think opter-outers are quitting on their teams
No one will ever convince me opting out of the bowl game doesn't have a strong element of a "Hey, look at me!" status symbol.
Bryce Young played in Alabama's "meaningless" bowl game last year, and I'm glad to see Xavier Watts playing this year.
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Players paid now; can transfer every year. They are just free agents, business men, not students.
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I hate opting out too, yet I don't think it's to draw attention to themselves. I do think they
overrate the career ending injury possibilities. The percentage of that happening is very low and it is more likely a player would be involved in a car accident. Yes, sadly it happened to Jaylon Smith, but it was on a cheap shot, as a matter of fact two cheap shots by the same player.
If anyone should be giving career advice, it’s you.
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Your shtick is getting old
Can't you at least come up with some new material?
If Hartman opts out, does he give back a couple $100000?
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Depends. Did he negotiate for non-refundable pay or not.
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I'm an old fogey also but there is way too much $ involved…
to risk losing it in a mere exhibition scrimmage. Bowls are as meaningful these days as soft porn.
What is bothersome is the way some excuse this behavior...
as a meaningless bowl game.
I salute you, now and forever, Jaylon Smith.
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They started out as quitting on their team. However, the meaning and purpose of bowl games has
changed forever now. Non-NY6/non-playoff games are now relatively meaningless in terms of the perceived quality of a team and season. A completely valid argument can be made that there is now more benefit to a program if they do not play for development and assessment in preparation for the next season.
Bowl games will be won and lost but the celebrations will be hollow and the despair of defeat will not be as it once was. I agree with you they were quitters on their team at the inception of this and their motives for doing so were selfish. But things have changed.
Re: They started out as quitting on their team. However, the meaning and purpose of bowl games has
The lesser bowls are now just the beginning of next seasons preparation.
Agree. 15 spring practices—>spring game. 15 winter practices—>winter game
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Of course they are.
Now watch the resident brainiacs explain how college football players just don't have any other choice.