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College football players will keep making business decisions, despite those who would rather they don’t
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/01/college-football-players-will-keep-making-business-decisions-despite-those-who-would-rather-they-dont/ ^

Posted on 01/02/2022 5:56:38 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard sparked a firestorm of criticism on Saturday for their public lamentations about some college football players choosing not to play in bowl games that have no consequence to the pursuit of a national championship. The pushback that they received for their antiquated thinking shows how far the mainstream attitudes have come when it comes to players with NFL prospects preserving their ability to finally get paid for their talents, abilities, and sacrifices.


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To: kosciusko51

Normal seasons, ended by scattered local, but unrelated bowls was a much better America.


61 posted on 01/02/2022 9:27:50 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: rb22982

Look at baseball in the US, with Little League funneling to the various levels of minor leagues.


62 posted on 01/02/2022 9:28:01 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: drSteve78
College football rivalries even have become boring. Fans that didn’t even go to any school , WE are better than YOU. As if.

I live in a highly blue collar city (Wichita), and the factory workers here were almost entirely OU fans,,,,until Alabama started winning all the time. My point is, they go around wearing apparel of the team that does the most winning, and they start looking down their noses at you, as if they really did attend the school. Never mind that they've never even been near the campus.
63 posted on 01/02/2022 9:28:38 AM PST by Old Yeller (1776 em all. Let God sort it out.)
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To: Old Yeller

Exactly. Refusing to play so they can be a better player. A loser mentality.


64 posted on 01/02/2022 9:28:59 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Wake Forest and Old Miss. lost players in their Bowl games. Mixed feeling about this. A+ for loyalty to team mates, but risked future with possible career ending injuries.


65 posted on 01/02/2022 9:29:03 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Tallguy

You will get more sit outs. Again, even choosing 4 teams show how difficult it is to get good, even matches. I would be more radical. Start a trade school for athletes. Rudimentary liberal studies...12th grade apc level...a profitable trade...and pro level sports development environment. These players could play against other schools or even pro teams and still go to school.
The educational hypocrisy of the so called major schools is too obvious.


66 posted on 01/02/2022 9:54:54 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: TallahasseeConservative
They get a top quality education for free and now get paid for it.

Problem is that they don't get a top quality education.

They may get a degree that will allow them to be a PE teacher at some public school and that is about the most they get.

It they don't get injured.

If they do they will have a hard time getting any job that will cover their medical bills.

There should be a total separation of school and sports.

67 posted on 01/02/2022 10:00:28 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: zeestephen

I think the best scenario is 53/54 in senate and 250 in the house. You are definitely way too conservative in the house. IF we get a +13% swing in preference for generic R/D congress, it could even be higher than that.


68 posted on 01/02/2022 10:09:12 AM PST by rb22982
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To: CMAC51
Personally, I think its really more of a reflection of colleges having taken advantage of men's football and men's basketball for far too long. They are multi-billion dollar businesses and if they want those athletes to play in effectively a meaningless game, then they should incentive them to do so. Plus it allows another player a chance to step up and shine if they don't play.

It makes no sense to risk a 2-5% chance of serious injury and losing a $10 to $100 million NFL career for what are increasingly over the years becoming pointless games. Only a handful of bowls mean anything at this point.

69 posted on 01/02/2022 10:28:59 AM PST by rb22982
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To: Getready

Heck, I would limit it to basic finances, econ 101 and basic investing. If these guys get their dream they need the ability to have some money after they retire. Most of them get ripped off by their agents & business agents.


70 posted on 01/02/2022 10:36:21 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: DesertRhino

Eh, the other side of that coin is a serious injury costing then a ~$40-50 million career would make them a bigger loser than skipping out on what are increasingly meaningless bowl games. Its not like basketball where your risk of serious injury is much much lower.


71 posted on 01/02/2022 10:40:53 AM PST by rb22982
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To: G Larry

Yes, absolutely correct; when one is dealing with real
business people who make decisions based upon the business
climate at the time.

However in today’s business world, at least at Nikes level,
there seems to be an over abundace of woke CEOs more
interested in one world communist government and their
corporation virtue signalling than actually making business
decisions, as long as they’re virtue signalling makes the
USA look bad and communist China look good. So they’re
amoral, communists and traitors. US corporations are now run
mostly by CEOs who hate capitalism and individual freedom
for the masses.


72 posted on 01/02/2022 10:43:38 AM PST by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: rb22982

Yeah. But they will always be selfish losers with no sense of sportsmanship or loyalty. Just whores.

Ultimately they lose by skipping games. People won’t care about their game more than they do themselves.


73 posted on 01/02/2022 12:40:44 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Bowl games are supposed to be fun and a reward to the players for a successful season. It’s a real treat for a players to go to either Florida or California. Play football then hit up the beach afterwards.


74 posted on 01/02/2022 12:53:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: DesertRhino

I think they’ll sleep just fine missing things like the “Mayo” bowl. They are already whoring themselves for effectively nothing for multi billion colleges.


75 posted on 01/02/2022 1:10:54 PM PST by rb22982
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To: SauronOfMordor

Yup


76 posted on 01/02/2022 1:11:36 PM PST by rb22982
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To: rb22982

Sports players, who won’t play sports. How about in the NFL, players who start to refuse to play in games against easier opponents so they can avoid injuries.

However you slice it, they are unsportsmanlike. Just like Simone Biles he quitter.


77 posted on 01/02/2022 1:29:54 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: DesertRhino

They aren’t playing for anything, which is the point. No one cares about bowl games anymore. Not the same as playing for gold. If players drop out of the bcs playoffs then I’d agree.


78 posted on 01/02/2022 1:35:41 PM PST by rb22982
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To: DesertRhino
How about in the NFL, players who start to refuse to play in games against easier opponents so they can avoid injuries.

In the NFL, coaches will often keep their star players on the bench and send out the second string if victory looks certain, to avoid risking injury to a highly paid player.

79 posted on 01/02/2022 1:58:47 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

NCAAF will go the way of the dodo.

Fine by me.

We haven’t watched a game in two years.


80 posted on 01/02/2022 2:01:22 PM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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