What about all the coaches and players who put their time into it with him, do they not deserve to have him out there? He’s essentially getting paid to play and calling in sick.College players who've done the work to earn themselves a high draft pick have every right to skip a bowl game to protect their future earnings. A lot of these guys come from dirt poor backgrounds. Their NFL contract can change their family's future for generations.
link?If I was a NFL team, I’d take Jackson first in the draft. It really bothers me that someone would skip the game then release a twitter statement saying how he still wants to help the team.
Sorry, no link. Check the ESPN website.
If I was a NFL team, I’d take Jackson first in the draft. It really bothers me that someone would skip the game then release a twitter statement saying how he still wants to help the team.
Sorry, no link. Check the ESPN website.
I personally have nothing against a player skipping a non-playoff game to mitigate risk for injury. However, if I’m a NFL GM or coach, I sure as hell see something extra in a guy like Jackson who plays anyway (sorry guys, he gone).
Absolutely... unless he injured a knee or something in the bowl game, then I would just pick him up lateI honestly see both sides in this matter. But If I were an NFL GM, I would heavily consider the team first player over the me first player.
This!!!Why not skip the last 2 games. 4 games? 6?
If I was an NFL GM I would most likely pass on a player who skips his last college game. Could he get hurt? Sure, and of course its his right. That's a risk you want a player to take for his teammates.
I honestly see both sides in this matter. But If I were an NFL GM, I would heavily consider the team first player over the me first player.
It's a really tough spot that the players have been put in and I blame the system as much as the players/agents. At some point as earlier noted, when do you just not play at all and say I am saving my talents for the NFL!
And Jackson played in field conditions that could exacerbate the extent of a possible injury. Shows TEAM PLAYER to me!
Taking a knee before the game even starts, usually gets NFL fans riled up!
Did he practice ? Could get hurt there, pretty much as in a game, unless coaches protected him.
I'm not convinced of that. At least for lower leg injuries. A foot was not going to get stuck planted in the turf during that game.
Hitting your head on a frozen field because you unexpectedly slipped and fell is probably the biggest risk of playing on that kind of field. Honestly, the playing conditions in Yankee Stadium that day should deep-six that bowl, for any number of validI have to agree with you. Played and coached for a long time and without question saw fewer injuries when footing was “bad”. Always hear people say “stop/delay/ postpone game for player safety because of field conditions. My experience was different.
Hitting your head on a frozen field because you unexpectedly slipped and fell is probably the biggest risk of playing on that kind of field. Honestly, the playing conditions in Yankee Stadium that day should deep-six that bowl, for any number of valid
reasons.
"Hey man, I'm here to play sitting out a football game....I ain't here to play school."My family and me.
I honestly see both sides in this matter. But If I were an NFL GM, I would heavily consider the team first player over the me first player.
What about all the coaches and players who put their time into it with him, do they not deserve to have him out there? He’s essentially getting paid to play and calling in sick.
How many players in the past have lost careers & millions of $$ by playing in a bowl game? Anybody?In 90% of the case it will change the family financial situation for 4 or 5 years. 80% of high draft picks go bankrupt.
Don't want to screw up the free NFL farm system. I hate the NFL.If I was a NFL team, I’d take Jackson first in the draft. It really bothers me that someone would skip the game then release a twitter statement saying how he still wants to help the team.
Sorry, no link. Check the ESPN website.
Is this like an Onion post?He's an adult. Making decisions that effect his financial future. Why do you guys hate freedom? I guess you'd like to go back to the good ol slavery days? Indentured servitude?