Aggie said:
alamogeorge said:
wbt5845 said:
TexanJeff said:
So basically you are saying he absolutely would have gotten injured?
Or our stout run defense would have lowered his stock?
Or both?
Neither. I'm saying it was a pointless risk he didn't have to take.
This is the dumbest commonly accepted argument every year.
This
Where does it end ? At what point do players start sitting out just more than bowl games?
Once you prove your draft stock then call it quits right?
Last month of season, .. entire senior season?
What about HS players start sitting out once they are committed?
You know can't risk injury in meaningless games .
The direction this is going in is not good, I don't expect anyone under the age of 30 to really understand because with young folks everything in life is a me me me mentality.
But it is just widely accepted now that top players will sit out bowl games to protect themselves, and it will just continue to increase.
You will start seeing players sit out more than just bowl games in the near future
This x1000
I think sitting out the bowl games is stupid and selfish, but if there was some way it could be limited strictly to bowl games, it wouldn't bother me as much, but this is 100% not stopping there. It's no different than the crazy lefties who said:
- don't get so worked up over tearing down statues, it's Robert E Lee or some other known slave owner. Now we have legitimate conversations going on if we should change the face(s) of Mt Rushmore.
- don't get so worked up about trans people wanting to use the bathroom of their choice, it's not like trans men calling themselves women will want to compete in women's sports or something
You give people and inch now, and what would have taken at least a generation to start trying to make that a foot, and they are looking at the mile before you ever gave the inch. They only asked for the inch to see if you would budge and to set themselves up for the end goal mile.
Next step, and it won't be long will be high profile kids will be choosing not to play in non-conference games against non-P5 opponents, or against tough defenses known to hit too hard, or in bad weather conditions, whatever the case.
Don't know what the answer is, maybe instead of having to be 3 'years' removed from high school, players should need X number of games played in or something. Who knows, but it needs to stop.