For those that think a player should sit out the bowl game.....

[Pitt83Panther]

Why not sit out the last game of the year too...like the Syracuse game...it was meaningless
Why not the next to the last game....it had no bearing either

Where do you draw the line?

 

[CorsosRevenge]

Our entire defense basically did sit out the Syracuse game.

 

[jtownknowitall]

I suppose a player could chose to sit out any game he wanted. Did you ever skip a class?

 

[Pitt83Panther]

Why do you care? Will you pay for the 5 million dollar injury insurance so he can play?

Go away troll boy

I suppose a player could chose to sit out any game he wanted. Did you ever skip a class?

I skipped a lot of classes but I wasn't on a scholarship to play football.

I only asked...where do you draw the line?

 

[jtownknowitall]

You really can't. If a player went home after say the Clemson game and never came back what could you do?

 

[Pitt79]

What it's coming to, could be as soon as any player establishes himself as a surefire top 1-2-3 round draft pick, just quit then, as long as your eligibility for the NFL draft is not too far away.

I wouldn't quit before the end of my sophomore year, because IMO, more than one year of not playing, would make you rusty. But if you're entering your junior year, and next spring is your 1st eligibility for the NFL draft, then just hire an agent and trainer and QUIT and go work out somewhere. If you're just into the pure logic of it, and it's only about money. Then be logical.

It sounds like a lot of fans here are advocating that too.

Then again, I'm not sure if this would work for everyone, as long as you don't get lazy and get out of shape in the time off, some people need and thrive on the team dynamic to be motivated IMO.

 

[Pitt83Panther]

I guess my question should have read......

For those of you that thinks it's OK to skip a bowl game...where would you draw the line ?

Maybe you feel a player has the right to show up whenever he wants...I'm sure the coach would ultimately decide his fate for a stunt like that but the coach is out of the equation is someone sits out a bowl game and is never coming back.

HTP

 

[Las Panteras]

It won't be long before a handful of GM's in the NFL say they don't like the idea of players skipping games.

That will end this immediately

Until then.....The trend will be more players sitting out more games.

 

[jtownknowitall]

If I was a coach I might be tempted to sit my NFL bound players out of certain games just as NFL coaches are sitting key players out of this week's games.

 

[pittdan77]

You draw the line at wherever it makes sense. Lots of kids are starting to draw the line mid-career if they realize that they're better off focusing on classes because of an injury and that they're never going to get a good sniff at the next level. Those guys get dismissed as "tragic" side stories all the time but we save the criticism for a first round lock because he's an easy target, right?

Life is risk, reward. If the reward isn't big enough, you never take the risk. That's just smart.

 

[jtownknowitall]

It won't be long before a handful of GM's in the NFL say they don't like the idea of players skipping games.

I wouldn't count on it. If anything, NFL GMs probably would advocate sure things sitting out. But they won't actually say that either. 96 kids will be drafted in the first three rounds. That is less than two kids per Power 5 team. It really isn't that big of a deal.

 

[pittdan77]

It won't be long before a handful of GM's in the NFL say they don't like the idea of players skipping games.

That will end this immediately

Until then.....The trend will be more players sitting out more games.

Doubt it. GM's want as many top-shelf, healthy players available as possible because it makes their job easier. Teams would rather not have to wait on a guy because he's rehabbing. Too high of a risk. Especially when there are more than twenty teams trying to figure out how to not miss the playoffs again every year.