Posted on 12/29/2024 7:14:57 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
NFL draft prospects opting out of their bowl games to avoid injuries has become commonplace in college football. Miami quarterback Cam Ward did something on Saturday that takes opt-outs to another level.
Ward played in Miami’s bowl game, threw three touchdown passes in the first half and then sat for the second half as his teammates lost a 42-41 heartbreaker to Iowa State.
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“If nobody objects we’re all sheep.”
I think that is where we are.
I understand why people like to compete in sport or board games. It can be fun.
What I don’t understand is why humans like to watch others play games. They have for thousands of years and I don’t see that changing.
The NFL went too far for some of us with their anti-American demonstrations a couple of years ago but that seems to have been papered over.
When I’m in a restaurant with an NFL game on the TV I still sit with my back to the screen if I can.
Cam Ward left Washington State to go Miami this season. It’s hard to blame him for not finishing a meaninglessness game.
It actually gives his backup experience for next year.
He was at Washington State last year.
LOL!
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