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re: Running list of players skipping bowl games...
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:44 pm to Bham Bammer
Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:44 pm to Bham Bammer
I wouldn't put Bosa on a list of "players skipping bowl games," asterisk or not. He was injured with his earliest date for return was mid-December, and that's not even considering getting game-ready physically.
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Posted on 12/3/18 at 1:44 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Or less money.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:01 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Really, this is about how most bowls don't matter. They're easy to skip because they're essentially an exhibition for everyone but the players to make more money for the universities that have gave them an education for the past 3-4 years
FIFY'd your FIFY
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:03 pm to Bham Bammer
Can schools buy insurance policies for players that will protect against injury?
Legit question. Not sure if that's violating rules or not...
Legit question. Not sure if that's violating rules or not...
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:04 pm to blueboxer1119
So if these guys are skipping bowl games, why not just start skipping games when your team was out of conference or national championship races? Hell, why play at all after you have a large enough sample size to get a draft grade/combine invite?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:06 pm to Bham Bammer
It will get my attention when a player from a team playing for a national championship does it. Bosa is the only one I can think of, but he's been out long before this was decided. So to me he doesn't count.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:07 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
I would put him on the list. He completely pulled out of school and is getting ready for the draft. Yes he was injured early and may not have made it back anyway, but he didn't even attempt to do so
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:07 pm to Packer
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So do the teams. It's only the fans who expect it to be personal
That’s why fans usually get the short end of the stick when a business decision needs to be made.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:08 pm to teke184
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Willis McGehee and Marcus Lattimore getting permanently fricked up didn’t help matters.
Willis McGahee played 10 years in the league
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:12 pm to YeahYeah
Wasn’t Lattimore hurt in a regular season game the second time and still was drafted?
I know the first injury happened in October.
I know the first injury happened in October.
This post was edited on 12/3/18 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:16 pm to YeahYeah
It still cost him a ton of money by getting drafted in the late 1st by Baltimore rather than early in the first if he was healthy.
The difference in money between a top 5 pick and the 32nd pick is massive.
The difference in money between a top 5 pick and the 32nd pick is massive.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:17 pm to Bham Bammer
Not a big deal, but do they get the gift package the rest of the players get from the bowl? Just wondering.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:22 pm to Coon
quote:It'll be a logical progression, those 2 things are coming eventually.
So if these guys are skipping bowl games, why not just start skipping games when your team was out of conference or national championship races? Hell, why play at all after you have a large enough sample size to get a draft grade/combine invite?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:23 pm to cas4t
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just get rid of the other bowls. frick it. You don't win enough to make the playoff, your season is over.
Add that to the list of worst ideas ever.
Players love it, fans love it, schools love it, TV networks love it...but a couple high profile guys skip them each year so burn it down?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:26 pm to shel311
I rather see players sit out vs. out on the field half-assing it because they don’t want to get hurt. Add in the fact it’s just a bowl to get extra practice. I want to see some new guys get some reps that we will need for next year.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:27 pm to Buckeye06
I think you should read up on it.
His family, his coaches, and his teammates all point to his injury, not "getting ready for the draft."
His family, his coaches, and his teammates all point to his injury, not "getting ready for the draft."
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:29 pm to Coon
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why not just start skipping games when your team was out of conference or national championship races? Hell, why play at all after you have a large enough sample size to get a draft grade/combine invite?
Good question, there's really no monetary incentive to do so.
We the fans sure as shite aren't going to foot the bill for the lost wages of something terrible happens.
And even if a bad injury doesn't happen, it's unnecessary risk and abuse to a valuable commodity.
It's unfortunate. We don't have to like it. But it makes perfect sense for players to do this.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:36 pm to blueboxer1119
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Can schools buy insurance policies for players that will protect against injury?
Legit question. Not sure if that's violating rules or not...
This really is the only answer to this.
I don’t agree with the rationale of skipping bowl games, but it’s the players’ choice to make. If the schools/NCAA want draft-eligible players to play in bowls, they need to provide assurances that doing so won’t cost the players money.
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:41 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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I think you should read up on it.
I've read up on it
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his week John’s younger son, Nick, the reigning Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year, made the decision to withdraw from OSU, following September surgery to repair a core muscle injury, and his dad admitted that Jaylon Smith’s situation was in the back of his mind. “I just was so horrified for that kid,” Bosa said on Saturday. “I mean, I saw the play and it just it was awful. And it was not done purposely, that Joey got kicked out of that game, OK? He didn’t plan to get kicked out of the game. But when he did get kicked out of the game—and he was horribly disappointed—I gotta be honest with you, I was 110% relieved. “I mean I was sitting in the stands and everybody was sad and ‘Oh my god.’ And I just sat back thinking, this is a blessing, because it was just horrifying to see that kid get hurt. That wasn’t a topic that we discussed, but certainly it’ll always be in my mind. That was a horrible thing for that kid, money he’ll never make up.”
LINK
He would absolutely not be playing in the Rose Bowl. His dad said it was a blessing when Joey got kicked out of the Fiesta Bowl.
You think if Nick was healthy he's playing in the Rose? Based on his father's comments?
Posted on 12/3/18 at 2:48 pm to Buckeye06
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I've read up on it
You should read more. Read what the coaches and his teammates had to say about it, and just maybe what Nick himself had to say.
If you want to stick with what a grown man's dad had to say, there's also this.
Nick Bosa Is Leaving Ohio State Due to the Extent of His Injury, not the Extent of His Investment
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