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re: How many players have ended career's with bowl game injuries?
Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:05 pm to CDawson
Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:05 pm to CDawson
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The reward is the brotherhood of fighting til the end with the TEAMmates that helped you get there.
I am with you more than you know...
But mega $ has changed too many great things about this sport. And I get it...
Don't like it. But I am pro capitalism...and that ism has edges, unfortunately.
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Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:16 pm to CDawson
Opting out like a couple of our players this year disgusts me. I have tbe mindset of Mike Leach. They didn't finish what they started Says a lot about integrity and character. Go ahead and downvote. I'm sick of it.
Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:17 pm to CDawson
Lattimore
Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:41 pm to CDawson
Face it bowl games are going to be played with young players, next year players. Might not be as bad as we think .
They get extra practice and real game experience something to build on for next year.
CFB is changing drastically, it is becoming just like college basketball---the players are not students they are paid to represent each university for a short period of time.
They get extra practice and real game experience something to build on for next year.
CFB is changing drastically, it is becoming just like college basketball---the players are not students they are paid to represent each university for a short period of time.
Posted on 12/22/21 at 8:58 pm to dljtigers
Didn’t players use to purchase an insurance Policy related to an injury in playing a bowl game or is that not allowed anymore? Seems a reasonable option if $$$ is the issue.
Posted on 12/22/21 at 10:47 pm to Barrister
One of my favorite movies ever.
Remember the Titans also, bit Shane Falco is the GOAT,
Remember the Titans also, bit Shane Falco is the GOAT,
Posted on 12/22/21 at 11:05 pm to CDawson
About the same number as have career ending/limiting injuries in the last game of the regular season or the one before that, etc. Why is it only the bowl game that’s considered meaningless? Why not shut down with a month to go in the season?
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:02 am to CDawson
Today’s world is different from the past history. Sadly.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:03 am to 2 Jugs
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But didn't both of those guys go on to have a really good movie career
They were amazing as Keeanu Reeves in those movies.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 7:31 am to CDawson
zero
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:32 am to CDawson
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The reward is the brotherhood of fighting til the end with the TEAMmates that helped you get there.
Do society even remember the TEAM concept?
Life changing money is more important than amateur teammates.
Are you turning down a massive raise that can change your entire family's life for your co-workers?
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:34 am to Rickdaddy4188
Ben Wilkerson had his career ending knee injury
Posted on 12/27/21 at 9:37 am to tduecen
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Ben Wilkerson had his career ending knee injury
That shite was heart breaking. Remember the ..."I'm Walking Off this Field" shirts? He wouldn't let them cart him off.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 10:18 am to Rickdaddy4188
Yes it was, want to say he was an All-American projected 3rd (or 4th) round pick who went undrafted
Posted on 12/27/21 at 10:25 am to prplhze2000
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Lattimore
Was only a sophomore and it wasnt a bowl game.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 10:25 am to CDawson
Now do the fricking math and look at E number of players that have played over the last 25 years and the probability of them getting injured enough to cost them their career or a lot of money. There is a FAR FAR higher percentage of them getting in a car wreck and the same thing happening than playing in 1 fricking game. Ask the Dreadlocks of Doom.
fricking “business decision ie Respect my decisions” pussy culture.
fricking “business decision ie Respect my decisions” pussy culture.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 11:16 am to Tiger1988
quote:vs what upside, exactly?
How many players have ended career's with bowl game injuries?
Now do the fricking math and look at E number of players that have played over the last 25 years and the probability of them getting injured enough to cost them their career or a lot of money. There is a FAR FAR higher percentage of them getting in a car wreck and the same thing happening than playing in 1 fricking game. Ask the Dreadlocks of Doom.
fricking “business decision ie Respect my decisions” pussy culture.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 12:20 pm to Pancakes
Yeah Jake Butt tight end from Michigan
Posted on 12/27/21 at 12:34 pm to CDawson
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The reward is the brotherhood of fighting til the end with the TEAMmates that helped you get there.
Do society even remember the TEAM concept?
You know who the people that understand and respect the decision of the player deciding to sit out is?
It’s their teammates because they get it
Posted on 12/27/21 at 12:43 pm to Tiger1988
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Now do the fricking math and look at E number of players that have played over the last 25 years and the probability of them getting injured enough to cost them their career or a lot of money. There is a FAR FAR higher percentage of them getting in a car wreck and the same thing happening than playing in 1 fricking game. Ask the Dreadlocks of Doom.
fricking “business decision ie Respect my decisions” pussy culture.
It is a simple risk/reward analysis for the individual. The risk of a career ending or changing injury is probably statistically low if someone actually did the math. But does the "reward" of playing in the Texas Bowl, or Liberty Bowl, or (insert any other bowl besides the playoffs) outweigh the potential risk? However small it may be.
For some guys getting to play with their teammates and wear the school colors one final time outweighs that risk. For others, probably not. Especially considering the reward of avoiding a serious injury in the bowl game that is probably not going to affect their draft stock to any significant degree is life changing money.
I also find it ironic when fans get mad at the players and call them "selfish" when the fans are exhibiting the exact same selfish behavior. The only reason the fans want to see (insert player) play in the bowl game is because it gives the fan's favorite team a better chance of winning. So in essence you are saying you want a player to take on a risk (small as it may be) solely to increase YOUR enjoyment in watching the game. If the unlikely happens in the bowl game is that same fan going to fund the potential compensation lost by the player because of the injury? I think we know the answer to that.
I'm not a fan of the mindset either. But I'm also not selfish enough to say I know best as to what a player should or should not do. That is his decision and his life. So yes, I do "respect his decision". Even if I may have made a different decision.
As for the Texas Bowl I will treat it like I treat all other non-playoff games. I will watch it because it is something to entertain me and it will be the last time I get to see LSU play a game for 8 months. But I won't be emotionally invested in the outcome one way of the other because win or lose it will have no bearing on the 2022 season. LSU will start 0-0 next season.
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