re: Running list of players skipping bowl games...

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always has and always will, there is risk everywhere.

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this is very true. there is risk everywhere. but what myself and my fellow MSB lib bud are talking about is that its increasing the levels of unnecessary risk. i cant fault anyone who decides its worth it to play in the game. thats a personal decision that they make and they obviously believe that the fun and the moment that they get to spend with their team is worth it. i just also dont find fault with those that want to sit it out and its what i would personally do. even if i obviously will never be in that situation

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But now you are seeing kids who are 3-6th rounders skip and it will only grow. It's ridiculous.

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i guess im not the right person for this

cause personally i want it to get as ridiculous as possible because i have a very strong "frick the NCAA" take

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Were talking life changing money.

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Ok, so answer my OP, how many missed out on money bc of the bowl game since 2000? Very few and I'll bet you all ended up like Jaylon smith, still got life changing money.

yes, there is a risk...a very minute risk and people are over thinking it.

Hell, there were people calling for LF to sit out his last year....not bowl game...the entire year in 2016 to avoid injury.

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Hell, there were people calling for LF to sit out his last year....not bowl game...the entire year in 2016 to avoid injury.

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and i would be totally fine if he, or tua, or someone like bosa from this past year decided to do the same

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i cant fault anyone who decides its worth it to play in the game. thats a personal decision that they make and they obviously believe that the fun and the moment that they get to spend with their team is worth it.

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All I'm saying is, we never saw this before, not until the talking media heads started the ideas and talking points that this kid should sit out.

It's an over exaggerated fear, not by the kids/family but by the media pin heads and now the players feel they should.

I really would like to know how many players missed out on "life changing money" bc of the bowl game.. I mean, it's such a valid point and fear, there has to be evidence to back it up..."you don't want to end up like, ....fil in the blank"

i understand your point. it is rare and its ultimately really unlikely that someone will have a jaylon smith situation in one single game. my point is simply, the very existence of that risk would be enough for me to not want to play. and therefore, i see where these kids are coming from and i dont find fault in what they are doing

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It’s more than 0 so my point stands

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So just sit out your 3rd year...got it.

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if the team makes the playoffs and you're a 1st round lock, LIFE CHANGING MONEY..then it's worth the risk.

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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. Just like in every other damn sport.

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As someone who liked going to bowl games, I agree. Season is over. Didn't go last season, not going this season.

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But they don't?

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thats bullshite. if tomorrow, it was announced that we were going to have a minor league that paid players, and all of the 4 and 5 stars decided to enter that league, the schools in the NCAA would take a major financial hit. these kids need the schools in the way the current system is set up. but just because the system is set up this way, doesnt mean its the way it has to be set up. the schools make money off of football and basketball because of the kids. the kids are what generate the money. the money will foilow the kids wherever they go

I can't lie I'm gonna laugh pretty hard the first time one of the bowl skippers gets injured in a wacky accident

but they have the capability to hold the leverage. thats my point. i want us to get there. doesnt mean we ever will, but that also doesnt mean we cant