“Ask the starting QBs for Utah and Ole Miss if they’d rather not played.”
Then why were they playing? They made a conscious decision to play, they could have said no, I’m passing because I’m a coward and I’m afraid whaaa whaaaa whaaaa. Their decisions tell us all we need to know about them as people and teammates, they’re not cowards or selfish and they’ll be there with their team till the end, they’re not the kind who only think of themselves, they’re true teammates. And their decision to play for the team also proves they’re willing to accept any challenges life, and their decisions may confront them with. They will accept their injuries and use their comebacks from them, or if career ending, the next chapter in their life, and they will use this experience as another character builder that helped shape them into the strong people they’ve become. This experience will only reinforce their character.
Those who do not play in their team’s bowl games are cowards, selfish scumbags and expose themselves as phoney teammates. END OF STORY.
That does’t make it a smart business decision.