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Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:19 pm to H-Town Tiger
Playoffs or bust NEXT YEAR
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:20 pm to ClintonTigerMS
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Players gotta protect their earnings future. Nobody else is looking out for them.
The players are getting paid to play.
If there is a game that their team is scheduled to play, every single player that accepted a paycheck, should be playing, unless injured. Period.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:31 pm to clamdip
Most actors of any repute have stunt doubles stand in for them. Why would you think that 'stars' on the gridiron would be any different.
After all, its just entertainment. You don't still believe in Santa Claus or the randomness of the outcomes of games do you...(he obviously never watched the refs in yesterdays game
).
After all, its just entertainment. You don't still believe in Santa Claus or the randomness of the outcomes of games do you...(he obviously never watched the refs in yesterdays game
).Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:36 pm to H-Town Tiger
I don’t agree. I hate it as well as OP suggests. It’s a slippery slope. At what point do we see opt outs mid season when playoffs are done? The combine is months away. The fact that this is common place is just another example of how we continue to decline as a society imo. More about me than we no playing for your team no honoring your commitments etc.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 2:40 pm to Tiger4travel
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I don’t agree. I hate it as well as OP suggests. It’s a slippery slope. At what point do we see opt outs mid season when playoffs are done? The combine is months away. The fact that this is common place is just another example of how we continue to decline as a society imo. More about me than we no playing for your team no honoring your commitments etc.
You will see that when CFB becomes an actual minor league for the NFL and real contracts are signed.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 3:07 pm to clamdip
The bowl “saturation” is ridiculous. That renders most bowl games as meaningless. There are good reasons to opt in/out. Guys looking to make a final statement, uninsured/insured guys not wanting to risk catastrophic injury…
The bulk of the bowl season is irrelevant.
92 teams make it… that dwarfs those who don’t… the current flipped script sucks. If you can fog a mirror you can make a bowl game. So, you’re left with bs hype trying to drive useless sloppy games.
“Major college” football, played poorly, should not be rewarded with a bowl appearance. Everybody gets a trophy and a juicy box “yay”…
1950 9 Bowl games
1960 9
1970 11
1980 15
1990 18
2000 23
2010 34
2020 40
2024 42
2025 46
The bulk of the bowl season is irrelevant.
92 teams make it… that dwarfs those who don’t… the current flipped script sucks. If you can fog a mirror you can make a bowl game. So, you’re left with bs hype trying to drive useless sloppy games.
“Major college” football, played poorly, should not be rewarded with a bowl appearance. Everybody gets a trophy and a juicy box “yay”…
1950 9 Bowl games
1960 9
1970 11
1980 15
1990 18
2000 23
2010 34
2020 40
2024 42
2025 46
Posted on 12/28/25 at 3:11 pm to clamdip
Me too
Posted on 12/28/25 at 3:15 pm to clamdip
It’s called I quit on my team!! Not opting out!!
Posted on 12/28/25 at 3:17 pm to LSBoosie
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So you think Mansoor Delane is a pussy? Will Campbell, Emery Jones, and Mason Taylor too?
They have every right to make a business decision. I don't hold it against them in the least. But I have nothing but contempt for the bootlicking pussies who say they were "all about the team" and "bled purple and gold".
Posted on 12/28/25 at 3:20 pm to TigerMac81
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I think anyone that opts out should have to pay back a certain amount of NIL money.
Kyle Williams should have to pay back part of his salary then too
Posted on 12/28/25 at 5:27 pm to Tiger4travel
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At what point do we see opt outs mid season when playoffs are done?
We actually already have, Nick Bosa with drew from Ohio State after an injury his Jr year. 2020 was obviously special circumstances but Jamaar Chase and P Sewell sat out the entire year, they top 7 picks and NFL superstars.
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The combine is months away
No one is opting out because of combine prep. The season ended a month ago, the semester a week or 2 later. So you’re expecting someone who isn’t going to be on the team next year to come back to school, spend Christmas away from his family to play in a meaningless exhibition game that fans be little.
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The fact that this is common place is just another example of how we continue to decline as a society imo.
Don’t be so melodramatic
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More about me than we no playing for your team no honoring your commitments
More melodrama, at the end of the day it’s an extra curricular activity. Not playing one last meaningless game is no big deal
This post was edited on 12/28/25 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 12/28/25 at 5:30 pm to clamdip
If it makes sense for them to opt out of playing then I choose to opt out of watching that garbage
This post was edited on 12/28/25 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 12/28/25 at 5:37 pm to skuter
Make NIL money for the regular season only. Then, players get paid for postseason games separately, just like the pros.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 6:04 pm to LSBoosie
For better or worse, things change.
The pageantry we loved “in the old days” is gone. School pride is an element of the past.
Is what it is. Sadly.
My stress level in the Fall is much less however:)
The pageantry we loved “in the old days” is gone. School pride is an element of the past.
Is what it is. Sadly.
My stress level in the Fall is much less however:)
Posted on 12/28/25 at 6:06 pm to clamdip
quote:college football is broken
I'm sick of this opt out culture...
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:11 pm to LSBoosie
I do believe they are Mental and Internal wimps. Loyalty to a Team of Brothers?? Whether they are Physically 'tough' or not isn't the question. I would NOT want them as a Marine...AT ALL. I wouldn't even draft a player who would leave his Team for ANY selfish reason. But that's me. Everyone Must do what THEY feel is best for them.
Tough situation. How important is Money? How important is loyalty? Could most of these players find work and make a LOT more than most Americans? Probably. Did their University, Coaches, Staff and Players gift a Great Deal to them? Do these players opting out have an effect on Bowl Revenue/TV Revenue? What is that 'thing' many call, 'HEART' and how does that stand with greed? How many players are seriously injured in Bowl Games-not able to move on to the NFL? When you play with Fear, are chances of injury increased? I don't know???
A ton more to consider than simply, are they physically tough. I would like to see these SPECIAL and AWESOME Players TOTALLY Ignite their Bowl Game Teams though...that is for SURE?
Tough situation. How important is Money? How important is loyalty? Could most of these players find work and make a LOT more than most Americans? Probably. Did their University, Coaches, Staff and Players gift a Great Deal to them? Do these players opting out have an effect on Bowl Revenue/TV Revenue? What is that 'thing' many call, 'HEART' and how does that stand with greed? How many players are seriously injured in Bowl Games-not able to move on to the NFL? When you play with Fear, are chances of injury increased? I don't know???
A ton more to consider than simply, are they physically tough. I would like to see these SPECIAL and AWESOME Players TOTALLY Ignite their Bowl Game Teams though...that is for SURE?
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:14 pm to LSBoosie
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LSBoosie
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Why are you getting mad at me?
Quit playing bro
Your only role on this board is to be the “well acualllllllly” dude
You’re a homeless man’s SFP or Lester Earl
You’re an absolute dork who I’m sure is well acquainted with the inside of a locker
This post was edited on 12/31/25 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:16 pm to clamdip
Yeah it’s awful but the toothpaste ain’t goin back in the tube
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:35 pm to BigC LSU
Divide their money by the total number of games and withhold that much if they are determined to be healthy enough to play if the game was a playoff game.
1 million of money
13th game
Opt out if you like but give up ~$77,000
1 million of money
13th game
Opt out if you like but give up ~$77,000
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