How about “I Don’t want to get wrecked today…So I actually get paid to play”.
Isn't that what insurance is for? If you are that worried about getting hurt, why would any 5* high school player ever play a down of college football?
Right. These guys play from Pop Warner all the way up through to college. Suddenly they're afraid to play in a game.
Wonder why 3 of the men whose numbers shine brightly in our stadium didn't have that philosophy?
Because you have to be 3 years removed from high school. Most aren’t physically ready at 18. The guys that opt out have already proven what they are. They’ll get draft grades and they have the combine. Which if they get hurt in a bowl game the combine is out.
Yeah so you collect a couple million but never get to play football because you wrecked your knee, back, arm etc. so you only lose out on a possible 20 or 30 on a second contract.
Why don't the 5*s just work out with the trainers for three years and then go to the combine? ( I hope that you get that I'm just playing a little devil's advocate with you) I get why some may not want to play in the bowl, but where does it all stop? Have a good freshman year and then sit out two years and wait for the combine - kind of like the media wanted Clowney to do after his sophomore year?
Bingo….if there were no fans, there would be no money. The numbers that play for the love of the game is dwindling. The ballers are the ones who would play if no fans were watching.
They only give thanks in their plagiarized opt out or transfer Tweets.
Can you provide a list of players who suffered CAREER-ENDING injury in their final bowl game?
Now now…don’t throw stuff back at people to make them have to think. I am thinking about having my grandson stop in jr high to avoid messing up his contract. Maybe players should skip their junior and senior years of high school to avoid losing out on NIL or scholarship money. Oh wait, those 100k per year scholarships don’t count I have been told.
Careful, there is one poster in another thread that did find a former Michigan player that was a higher draft pick who got injured pretty good in his last bowl game. They left out the guy had a $5 mil insurance policy that paid if his draft status was affected. Also, pay no attention to the fact that player is still in the NFL. I can’t fathom leaving my team if I am healthy until the final whistle.
Do you not remember the posters on fgf suggesting Clowney should skip his junior year and wait on the draft?
Of course. Posted about it in a previous thread. But they haven’t yet. It’s coming.
What if they suffer a career ending injury at the combine? Might consider opting out of that also.
And the Senior Bowl. They have to practice for it then play in it. VERY DANGEROUS.
Just running around on that field could put them at risk of an ankle injury!
Oops landed awkwardly after that jump! Career BUSTED.
Exactly! Life in a bubble is needed for potential pro football players. At what point in life does this start?
The VAST majority of "NFL players" will never make $20m over the course of their careers, and for most of those that do, that amount of money is so far down the road for them that it seems premature to be scared of playing in a game now.
Just a symptom of our society and the younger generation in general. Sad
Apples to Oranges. The first players to sit out bowl games occurred in 2016. Players weren't sitting out bowl games when Rogers, Sharpe and Clowney played. If those guys played today, they may very well have sat out, too.
You are really saying they had less at stake? They could have sat out worrying about their NFL futures, but didn't. They were men & fulfilled their commitments. Horrible take you just made!
I think you may have underscored the OP's point.
