Only a matter of time and the same injury logic applies as bowl games and even later regular season games. Once a player has achieved nfl orbit - shut it down$$. Gonna enjoy the implosion.
Players opting out of the playoffs…
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I agree.
Fans talk about "meaningful vs meaningless" games, because we think championships are meaningful. Players that have bounced around chasing NIL may not think a championship is all that meaningful.
Not too many big names yet....
Friday, Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC
Opening Spread: Notre Dame -8.5
Current Spread: Notre Dame -7.5
Indiana: Fourth-string RB Elijah Green.
Notre Dame: N/A.
Saturday, Dec. 21, 12 p.m. ET, TNT
Opening Spread: Penn State -8
Current Spread: Penn State -8.5
SMU: Backup quarterback Preston Stone.
Penn State: N/A.
Saturday, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. ET, TNT
Opening Spread: Texas -10.5
Current Spread: Texas -11
Clemson: Depth WRs Tony Stellato, Noble Johnson.
Texas: Depth DL Tony Savea.
Saturday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Opening Spread: Ohio State -7
Current Spread: Ohio State -7.5
Tennessee: LB Jalen Smith, depth WR Kaleb Webb.
Ohio State: Backup QB Devin Brown, depth WRs Jayden Ballard and Kojo Antwi, LB Gabe Powers.
College Football Playoff | Indiana vs. Notre Dame
Friday, Dec. 20, 3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC
Opening Spread: Notre Dame -8.5
Current Spread: Notre Dame -7.5
Indiana: Fourth-string RB Elijah Green.
Notre Dame: N/A.
College Football Playoff | SMU vs. Penn State
Saturday, Dec. 21, 12 p.m. ET, TNT
Opening Spread: Penn State -8
Current Spread: Penn State -8.5
SMU: Backup quarterback Preston Stone.
Penn State: N/A.
College Football Playoff | Clemson vs. Texas
Saturday, Dec. 21, 4 p.m. ET, TNT
Opening Spread: Texas -10.5
Current Spread: Texas -11
Clemson: Depth WRs Tony Stellato, Noble Johnson.
Texas: Depth DL Tony Savea.
College Football Playoff | Tennessee vs. Ohio State
Saturday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Opening Spread: Ohio State -7
Current Spread: Ohio State -7.5
Tennessee: LB Jalen Smith, depth WR Kaleb Webb.
Ohio State: Backup QB Devin Brown, depth WRs Jayden Ballard and Kojo Antwi, LB Gabe Powers.
Any player participating in this gauntlet should be getting a large paycheck. Players need to unionize.
The pre-BCS bowl system was better.
They are going to have to develop some sort of insurance policy players can purchase for this.
Any way that Iowa will be after Noble Johnson? I just wanna be able to read his name on this board about 100 times. Lol.
Such policies already exist. Chuck Long had one in 1985 when he came back for a fifth season. (NCAA rules prohibited him from redshirting as a freshman.)
I keep having this arguement with people who think nobody would ever opt out of the playoffs. If a player shreds his knee and cost himself millions, is he going to think "at least I did it in the playoffs and not the Music City Bowl?"
Why is opting out even an option? Isn’t any bowl or playoff game part of a season? What’s to stop someone from opting out of the last couple games of the year?
Which is why you'd think this is all headed for actual player contracts.
Paying millions in NIL and a player can opt out whenever... Seems like a great business model 😂
Nobody is paying millions in NIL to players that don't also include player participation clauses.
I bet the player participation clauses don't require the student (uhemmm) pay back what he already received!
And per the Penn State guy, I thought you can still enter the portal up to 5 days after your last game (i.e. bowl games). Maybe there are teams looking that fill there slot before the last game, I suppose, but not that often I would think.
And per the Penn State guy, I thought you can still enter the portal up to 5 days after your last game (i.e. bowl games). Maybe there are teams looking that fill there slot before the last game, I suppose, but not that often I would think.
Because the hysterical must have playoff crowd destroyed the bowl system and many subsequent league affiliations to achieve their wet dream fantasy. Eschewing the value of league and regional tradition to up the ante for a ‘true’ champion which was always unattainable and obvious. Let the excuses and rationalizations fill our days now instead of enjoyable collegiate football as it has been for over a century. 👍 good job reformers!!!
I think of the money generated in these playoff games. Some of the kids will play four extra games if they get to the championship pot. They should all get paid extra for each round if they participate. A weak attempt at compensation of a gift and a ring is ridiculous.
The insatiable radical fanatics and big money have squeezed the sanity out of college football. They have shortsightedly stacked bad idea upon bad idea.
Or since they want to make the big bucks like adults, once the 20% profit sharing takes place, they should all sign a legal and binding contract that they will play in all games. If they opt out, the contract should require that they repay the monies received with penalties and interest. Since they have not fulfilled their contract with the school, no diploma will be awarded. I threw that last one in there for the 1% who might really want a diploma.
You honestly think only 1% of football players want a diploma? Iowa athletes have a very good graduation rate.
Only 1% or fewer football players go on to play pro ball so they know a diploma is important. I think this type of thinking is giving short shrift to these intelligent athletes who want a diploma to do some very good things with their lives.
How many of these players who transfer multiple times have their college credits transferred (can be a real pain and a lot of times don't count depending on the school and program) and actually earn a college degree when all is said and done? And these are the players who need it most (i.e. no NFL future). Not disagreeing with your sentiment, but while probably not as low as 1%, this transfer portal is undoubtedly resulting in much fewer kids actually walking away from their college experience with a degree compared to pre-portal times....
Players have 5 days after their last game, either bowl game or playoffs. So the 28th is only for those not playing in a game.
These schools and collectives have pretty smart, highly paid attorneys that I guarantee have clawback provisions regarding just what you're referring to. Most of these have some upfront money that will be paid, but most of it is going to be contingent on meeting certain mutually agreed upon criteria.
