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What can be done about all the opt outs in bowls?

Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:09 pm
Posted by lsuag88
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2006
3493 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:09 pm
Are the bowls on life support now?
Posted by moock blackjack
Member since Apr 2008
96129 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:09 pm to
Nothing
Posted by GatorOnAnIsland
Florida
Member since Jan 2019
5789 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:10 pm to
Pussies
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 4:46 pm
Posted by Kang of Memphissippi
Memphissippi
Member since Sep 2023
561 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:10 pm to
Ole Miss players don’t opt out. Maybe you should recruit men with character
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
94375 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:10 pm to
Can't make somebody play.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
75840 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:10 pm to
No one from Alabama opted out last year.

Sounds like a culture problem.
Posted by BigOrangeLoyalist
Warner Robins, GA
Member since Aug 2016
2423 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:11 pm to
Sponsors pay the players. If a player opts out, they don’t get paid.

Or, expand the playoff to 32. Teams have something to play for. There will be drubbing and there will be upsets, but players and teams will give their all.
Posted by Tigers222
Member since Jun 2021
170 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:11 pm to
Well let’s be real, this was the biggest bowl game Ole Miss has ever played in
Posted by Kang of Memphissippi
Memphissippi
Member since Sep 2023
561 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:12 pm to
I’d say being you 21-0 in the sugar bowl was bigger
Posted by Swampcat
Member since Dec 2003
10250 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:12 pm to
If they’re getting paid put in their contract . Take money away.
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
24725 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:13 pm to
Withhold any NIL money they can.
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
30707 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:13 pm to
Might as well expand the playoffs again to make them relevant.
Posted by rolltide32
Fort Payne, AL
Member since Nov 2013
6514 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:13 pm to
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Well let’s be real, this was the biggest bowl game Ole Miss has ever played in


Alabama had no opt outs last year.

Georgia only had injured guys out in this game.

It's on coaches to develop culture. Saban, Kirby, and Lane have done so. Everyone else not so much
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51353 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:13 pm to
Ole Miss and Georgia understand great showing in bowls means good start in polls next year
Posted by iPleadDaFif
Member since Mar 2022
259 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:23 pm to
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If they’re getting paid put in their contract . Take money away.


What happens when NIL money is tied to NFL success and has a contractual future ROI to those who’ve invested into a player - a contract with rules, limits, restrictions, and guarantees.

Can’t pay the piper with NFL money when you get hurt in an unnecessary game and never make it to the NFL.

Posted by Clark14
L.A.Hog
Member since Dec 2014
19070 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

What can be done about all the opt outs in bowls?


Win without them? Sam has done it in his 2 bowl games.
Posted by five_fivesix
Y’all
Member since Aug 2012
13834 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:27 pm to
128 team playoff is the only solution. Football games til June!
Posted by BigScoreboard
Member since May 2021
872 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:30 pm to
When the 12 team playoffs start next year, those teams shouldn't have that problem. Below that, who cares?
Posted by Portcityblues
Member since Jan 2017
628 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:32 pm to
Make it to where if they opt out of the bowl game then they have to repay their scholarship money for that year
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
10924 posts
Posted on 12/30/23 at 4:37 pm to
Don't do anything. I expect about 7 people will watch the second half of FSU getting exposed by UGA. Advertisers will will start opting out pretty soon and that's when things will get serious. Let it crumble.
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