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When will we start seeing players opt out after their team loses a game or two ??
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 7:59 pm
I think that is coming soon. Once a team is out of the playoff race, guys will opting out.
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Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:00 pm to BigApple
That’s the natural evolution of this whole thing. College football is ultimately meaningless to a lot of these players at a certain point. Even if it’s mid season.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:05 pm to BigApple
People should be harder on teams that get blown out in bowl games because they were decimated by opt-outs. Why should Florida State be given a pass for a bunch of players quitting on them?
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:17 pm to BigApple
Hell, Jamar Chase opted out before the season. 
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:27 pm to BigApple
Unpopular opinion. Any player that opts out at any point should pay back their scholarship money for quitting the team prior to the end of the season. With NIL, they can afford it.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:47 pm to BigApple
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When will we start seeing players opt out after their team loses a game or two ??
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I think that is coming soon. Once a team is out of the playoff race, guys will opting out.
I think the top tier guys would probably do it now if it were more common and acceptable. Opting out of bowls has become the norm, so they know they won't catch too much shite for that.
You guys are just going to have to realize that these players are on the cusp of generational wealth and really want to avoid fricking it up. Their bodies are fragile and their talent has a very short shelf life.
Making sure they get to the league with a healthy body and the biggest contract they can get is more important than the Orange Bowl, the Iron Bowl, or even a national championship.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:47 pm to BigApple
Will 100% happen
Posted on 12/30/23 at 8:48 pm to BigApple
With the playoffs going to 12 a lot more teams will be in the race later on in the season which should stop it
Posted on 12/30/23 at 9:08 pm to BigApple
Bowl games pay players to play I guess
Posted on 12/30/23 at 9:18 pm to BigApple
It’s a culture thing. Coaches will have to adapt to it. Ironic that old man Saban doesn’t have opt outs.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 9:23 pm to BigApple
Especially to conserve redshirt and transfer
Posted on 12/30/23 at 9:26 pm to BigApple
I don’t think you would see that unless it’s a player that does get hurt (like one of the Bosa’s) then shutting down rather than come back. Rare are talents that are high first round picks that can do that. Jayden Daniels won the Heisman after LSU had 3 loses and is zooming up draft boards. Those games vs Florida, Ga St and A&M were not “meaningless” in the same way the Corp Sponsor Here Bowl is.
The other thing, and I don’t know why most of you can’t seem the grasp this, the bowls are played 4-6 weeks after the season ends. A few weeks after the semester ends. The regular season has a game each week. A lot easier to keep playing and as Daniels did, have the chance improve your draft position, than to come back and go thru practice and all that a month later for 1 exhibition game
The other thing, and I don’t know why most of you can’t seem the grasp this, the bowls are played 4-6 weeks after the season ends. A few weeks after the semester ends. The regular season has a game each week. A lot easier to keep playing and as Daniels did, have the chance improve your draft position, than to come back and go thru practice and all that a month later for 1 exhibition game
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 12/30/23 at 10:00 pm to BigApple
99% of players aren’t in a position to opt out and maintain their draft stock.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 11:00 pm to BigApple
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When will we start seeing players opt out after their team loses a game or two ??
Or just pull a Ja’Marr Chase and wait zero games before opting out
Posted on 12/31/23 at 6:39 am to BigApple
The NFL needs to take care of its minor league.
Right now it’s in shambles.
Right now it’s in shambles.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 6:41 am to BigApple
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When will we start seeing players opt out after their team loses a game or two ??
Michael Thomas currently does this in the NFL
Posted on 12/31/23 at 6:50 am to BigApple
If they’re not Bama then they might even opt out while still undefeated since we’ve been told win-loss record is irrelevant and only the eye test matters
Posted on 12/31/23 at 8:23 am to BigApple
it's unfortunately inevitable.
Posted on 12/31/23 at 8:30 am to BigApple
Well you have 3rd string players barely pushing themselves and going through the motions in practice and workouts. Smoking up their NIL money in the meantime.
CFB will implode
CFB will implode
Posted on 12/31/23 at 9:04 am to BigApple
I’m waiting for the first big time NFL rookie after the team starts 2-9 to say, hey I’m opting out the rest of the year, and get ready for next season. Then I want the same people to come defend it.
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