re: Good non LSU tweet that can give some perspective about the Greedy/Devin situations

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The risk of injury is the same if not less than game 1. BS on sitting out a big game for your team and the school standing behind you.

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That's the thing I can't reconcile... the injury part. The risk is there always. I see the same argument about special teams. Don't "risk" a starter on special teams as if a yard gained/lost on ST is shorter than a yard on gained/lost in regular play.

I get why Greedy is doing it. And it's his decision, and to each his own. It is a risk vs. reward type thing.

But back to injuries...
You are right, his risk didn't just go up to get injured.

However, so much of the NFL pay is going to be dependent on that combine. So while his risk to 'get injured' didn't go up (or down) the consequences of an injury just went up because: there is less rehab time between now and the money making determining event of the combine.

There's only really 2 solutions. Well, let's call them mitigations instead of solutions:
1. The insurance every one has been talking about
2. NCAA to allow workouts prior to bowl and playoff games. Do combine measurements with NFL stats takers open to every team.

There's a third, and make it a requirement of the financial aid as others have mentioned. It makes sense, but it's a nightmare for recruiting. There are better ways, more focused ways, and paths of lesser resistance.