re: Check In thread if you wouldn’t have opted out if you were in Marshall’s shoes

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Reward is non-existent? My guess is you are either under 30 years old or you've never been a member of a team. Finishing what you start is indeed a reward, especially when it is done under difficult circumstances.

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0 for 2.

Again, if his teammates don’t care why do you?

I'm not a pussy, so I wouldn't quit and I certainly wouldn't tell the rest of the team not to quit and then quit after the next game.

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Try a little critical thinking. The question at hand is whether he quit or not. What do his teammates caring have anything to do with it?

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Yikes - that’s not the question at hand. Using a straw man argument while simultaneously calling out someone’s ability to think critically. That’s great, kudos

No where in this thread have I or anyone posed the question “did he quit?”. Yes, he quit - that’s obvious. So what? The thread is evaluating his decision and asking what others would do.

Have you ever quit a job? Left a company for another one? His teammates feeling matters here because the context of this decision. Quitting is acceptable - people quit jobs every day and often it’s a good decision for that individual, just like this one. It’s similar to leaving a company on good terms - does it hurt the company? Yes. Do your coworkers Or boss get mad at you? No, not if you do it the right way. His teammates and coaches aren’t upset with him, because it’s a sound decision and they understand it.

Time to opt out is before the season starts.......to leave now = QUITTER

All his teammates showing him love on insta

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Again, if his teammates don’t care why do you?

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I'd bet there are at least a few guys raised with the mentality of finishing out a committment, so I don't know why you keep saying that.

Look, Marshall was a great player and a good guy too. He made a decision he felt was best, but some will be critical of how he went about it. Speaking to to the team about the importance of finishing out the season the best they can and then leaving the team before its most difficult opponent is not the ideal way for him to go out.

I dropped out of LSU for 13 dollars an hour. He would be risking millions to keep playing. I don't blame him one bit and wish him the best.

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justice

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And I bet you say your prayers every single night

Get out of here. Under regular circumstances this doesn’t happen

It’s impossible for me to put myself in Marshall’s shoes. I didn’t need NFL money to become wealthy; he does. That’s a big difference in circumstances, and it makes it impossible to consider what I would do in his shoes. I would have played, BTW, because the competition would have been far more important to me than any NFL money.

I don’t mind him leaving. The game has been a charade for many years now.

I would’ve done it before the season. I absolutely would not do it before the toughest opponent this late in the season. That’s just a bitch move where I come from.