McCaffrey Punking Out On His Team

BVHawk95 said:
I'm probably in the minority here, but as a former college player, this is a scummy move. Sure, he has to take care of his own interests first, but what about his teammates? The guys who he has grown with and competed with for 3 years all depend on him, and now he's going to bail on them in their final game of the season? This is a horrible move for the future of bowl games, and I would not like to see it become a common thing. Just my 2 cents.
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I agree. It was the system that granted him this stature. There may be more to the story. To me it does show that college football will be losing interest, much like the NFL. Slow at first then bigger.
 
I'm starting to think that you go to an 8 team playoff, and get rid of the bowls.

If you aren't in the playoffs (obviously, the conference title games are part of the playoff), you end your season with your last regular season game.

I'm just not sure the Outback Bowl for Iowa means that much. I'm starting to think last year's team felt that the season was basically over after the Big Ten title game. They looked disinterested in the Rose Bowl.

The playoff format is going to destroy the bowl structure, whether you like it or not.. The whole flaw is that the players risk everything to play in a meaningless bowl game, while the schools rake in the dough. It doesn't seem fair.

At a minimum, Iowa should buy insurance policies for the players with NFL futures.

This is a tough issue!!
 
I do wonder how McCaffrey can ever look his former teammates in the eye again. They shared conference titles and some Rose Bowl titles together. And then you bail at the end? Wow. What about the kids who were injured blocking for him the past 3 years? Should he share some of his millions with them???
 
hmmmmm.....maybe an agent is involved and the school found out and told him to quit so the school doesn't get sanctioned or probation?
 
ChosenChildren said:
I'm starting to think that you go to an 8 team playoff, and get rid of the bowls.
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I'd be completely fine with that, but guys like Princess McCaffrey would still sit out playoff games if it came down to it. They have millions in guaranteed money as long as they don't get hurt, and once a couple guys do it, a lot of guys projected to go in the first 4-5 rounds will.
 
Imagine how Vegas feels about this. Do they void bets already made? They could be the real decision maker if this becomes a trend.
 
spliff45 said:
I would not be opposed to King sitting out either should he choose to
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I don't know how you can call yourself a college football fan and still say that.

That castrates the sport and I don't want to watch watered down football. NFL is unwatchable already, we don't need to add NCAA to it.

That said I have no idea how you stop it unless you disincentivize at the NFL level and that won't happen.

Just get rid of the bowl games.
 
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eveningnewsteam said:
Don't blame Mccaffrey. Blame the stupidity that is the postseason of FBS football. It's meaningless other than 3 games.
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Are those meaningful? To the kids going in the first 3 or 4 rounds does it matter if they play in the CFP?

One blown knee and they lose millions. The national championship looks a whole lot less appealing then.

By the way I'm not in favor of it, but if kids leave the Sun and Citrus bowl because of money, how is the national championship any different?
 
So can Stanford ask for part of CW scholarship money back since he quit before the season ended? (I know they can't, but if they could would it matter)?
 
If this is where we're headed you can forget about the playoffs...they are meaningless too compared to big NFL money. What a joke...quitter.

Play for some national title...that is worth the same number of dollars as an Outback title...or risk blowing your knee out and losing millions...the argument is the same...I'd argue kids in the championship are risking more because of extra game.
 
ShockHawk22 said:
I don't blame the kid. This is just a game and if he gets hurt then he misses out on big bucks. Look at what happened to that linebacker from ND. McCaffrey has to worry even more because he is a running back who are a dime a dozen in the NFL. If he blows a knee, he might go from day 2 to late day 3. Speed/agility is his main weapon and a knee injury would put a serious question mark on his value.

I do feel sorry for the kids on his team who care about this game. For seniors who might not get drafted or play another meaningful snap in their life, this decision puts them in a harder position to win their last game.
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Respectfully disagree. O-linemen didn't have a "choice" in blocking for him or not because they had their own personal "needs".
 
ChosenChildren said:
I do wonder how McCaffrey can ever look his former teammates in the eye again. They shared conference titles and some Rose Bowl titles together. And then you bail at the end? Wow. What about the kids who were injured blocking for him the past 3 years? Should he share some of his millions with them???
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Exactly. It ain't like an OL can go to him and say, "Yo, you're on your own next couple plays. I gotta return some texts, and I gotta great run going on my Candy Crush. That's a lot to process, so I'll half-ass, thank you so much".
 
nilkin said:
hmmmmm.....maybe an agent is involved and the school found out and told him to quit so the school doesn't get sanctioned or probation?
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Wow, excellent point. Hadn't even crossed my mind in the case of McCaffery. In the case of Fournette? Since he plays in the $EC, I take for granted he is already raking in the "perks".
 
What about the thousands of players every year that don't have a shot at the NFL? Is a bowl game, even a minor one, so meaningless to them? One last chance to strap on their pads, go out, and play their favorite game one more time with their teammates. But one of them isn't being a team player. Sure, the bowl game system is watered down these days, but as someone who would give anything to extend my playing days, I would take a Sun Bowl in a heart beat.
 
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