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Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:43 pm to LSU40
Scholarships are year to year
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:44 pm to Sev09
All of this boils down to one thing for ESPN- protecting their investments. They are ALL IN on calling out anyone or anything that calls the bowl system into question, because they pay a LOT of money to show all these games, and have to sell ads to make that back. If players sit out en-masse, people stop watching and the ad revenue dries up.
They don't care why anyone is sitting out. They just care that others decided to do it after Fournette. They aren't going to let that go without an all-out assault on them. But make no mistake about it. It has nothing to do with the integrity of the game or the importance of the bowls. It's about ESPNs bottom line.
They don't care why anyone is sitting out. They just care that others decided to do it after Fournette. They aren't going to let that go without an all-out assault on them. But make no mistake about it. It has nothing to do with the integrity of the game or the importance of the bowls. It's about ESPNs bottom line.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:49 pm to LSU40
I really can't make a judgement on Fournette because he did have an injury for much of the year. Maybe he's still not healed and he did leave his team in good hands with Guice to pick up his slack.
As for McCaffrey, it was a bitch arse move on his part. He was 25% of his team's offensive production and they had no replacement for him. Also, he played the final few games of the year and looked healthy. It was purely a business decision. He was a punk and quit on his team.
I thought Peppers was a better man than to pull what he did tonight. If it was a pulled hammy, why wasn't he on the sidelines with his teammates? Why did he hide in a box? Whose box was it? His new agent's? Those seats aren't cheap or easy to get. You didn't even fake it well.
If this catches on, you might as well cancel all the bowls but the playoffs. It'll be like watching a spring game with mostly freshmen and sophomores playing with the juniors and seniors all "hurt" and watching from the sidelines or from box seats.
As for McCaffrey, it was a bitch arse move on his part. He was 25% of his team's offensive production and they had no replacement for him. Also, he played the final few games of the year and looked healthy. It was purely a business decision. He was a punk and quit on his team.
I thought Peppers was a better man than to pull what he did tonight. If it was a pulled hammy, why wasn't he on the sidelines with his teammates? Why did he hide in a box? Whose box was it? His new agent's? Those seats aren't cheap or easy to get. You didn't even fake it well.
If this catches on, you might as well cancel all the bowls but the playoffs. It'll be like watching a spring game with mostly freshmen and sophomores playing with the juniors and seniors all "hurt" and watching from the sidelines or from box seats.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:49 pm to TidenUP
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Why are you making this so difficult? If you are hurt, you at least there for your teammates. Walking away from the team before the season is finished, is what most people(including me) don't like about it
Thing is you or the other "people" have no clue what is going on between him and his teammates. You have no clue about his injury, you guys don't know shite but you WANT to assume the worst so you can talk negative about him.
You have an opinion and made rules on when a quy is a quitter just so you can feel good about yourself and shite on a young football player.....
Funny thing is why would you even give a shite what a
player on another team is doing other that to talk shite?
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:51 pm to misey94
This hasn't been close to an all out assault
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:53 pm to LSU40
It's always been a "rule" that if you quit, you are a quitter
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:54 pm to LSU40
Whatever dude. LF quit on your team and used the ankle injury as his excuse.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:54 pm to Jacknola
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The bigger question is... why are people like you still making lame excuses for indefensible behavior?
You people are delusional.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:57 pm to TidenUP
He didn't play in a meaningless bowl game that makes all kinds of money for everyone except the people competing. And he did it because he doesn't want to blow out his knee and lose a ton of money that he will certainly make in the draft next year.
It's funny to me that all of you morons blame a bunch 20-year-olds for this, yet you would never act any differently in your own lives. You don't have any loyalty to your employer, and they actually pay you.
It's funny to me that all of you morons blame a bunch 20-year-olds for this, yet you would never act any differently in your own lives. You don't have any loyalty to your employer, and they actually pay you.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:57 pm to cajunbama
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It's always been a "rule" that if you quit, you are a quitter
It's always been a rule when you "talk" about things you don't know shite about you are a fool.
Posted on 12/30/16 at 11:59 pm to TidenUP
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Whatever dude. LF quit on your team and used the ankle injury as his excuse.
That is "your" stupid opinion......nothing more.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 12:02 am to East Coast Band
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Fournette
The dude quit after a couple of losses. It's appropriate...LSixU usually packs it in when the going gets tough.
A historically soft program.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 12:09 am to Sid E Walker
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The dude quit after a couple of losses. It's appropriate...LSixU usually packs it in when the going gets tough.
You are a special Gump......
Posted on 12/31/16 at 1:55 am to cajunbama
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This hasn't been close to an all out assault
It is being talked to death on every ESPN show and Bowl broadcast. They are pumping that message out via all their outlets. That isn't an accident, and it isn't just the anchors trying to be relevant. They are being told to do this.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 2:58 am to Othello
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I guess once you sign with an agent then you can't travel with the team.
I mean I don't know if he's allowed around the team for now.
Given that a major story this season has been pros and former pros practicing with their former college teams, I rather imagine being around them wouldn't be an issue.
Honestly, I don't get why he was in such a hurry to check out, personally. Why not stay with your team through the bowl even if you don't intend to play? You know, just in case. Seems like he made up his mind and took off. I don't consider it a base betrayal or anything, just an odd way to treat his team -- separating himself irrevocably a month early rather than go the distance and wait a mere four weeks or so. I seriously doubt he's getting a major leg up on the combine or the draft by signing with an agent now. It's not like a coaching vacancy where getting in early can be an advantage.
But, as I said, I don't consider it a huge deal, just a puzzling one.
This post was edited on 12/31/16 at 2:59 am
Posted on 12/31/16 at 5:57 am to East Coast Band
Posted on 12/31/16 at 6:05 am to East Coast Band
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I was going to help my mother and split some firewood for her cold home, but I decided to fournette her, so I wouldn't get any splinters."
That's solid
Posted on 12/31/16 at 6:11 am to Sev09
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I just think it's funny that it's likely the same people calling him out now that were also suggesting he sit out the whole season.
This. It's a prime example of why I don't watch anything but games on ESPN anymore; that and the politics.
Posted on 12/31/16 at 6:14 am to Jacknola
quote:I would have no problem with Bama players doing the same thing.
The bigger question is... why are people like you still making lame excuses for indefensible behavior? You would be all over any Alabama player who did this wouldn't you
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