Until someone takes the NCAA to court to try and prove that the current rule should be illegal/unenforcible, then it’s the rule (so the NCAA could easily stop them).
So he returns for another season, and then proceeds to skip another bowl game or others? How do you think current yr teammates would feel about that? Actually, since it seems to be an epidemic unfortunately, most probably wouldn't give a crap -- which is an even bigger problem.
I don't know, why don't you ask them if you're so interested. I bet you'd be surprised by their answers.
LOL...why don't I ask them? Ok yeah that is possible. So, what if (because it is nearly a certainty it will happen), guys from various teams sit out playoff games, would you be ok with that?
Fantasy world.
"fanatics." You always try and clown everyone on here with your namecalling and such strong-willed takes. It's a message board. Drink some tea and relax.
Don't get upset that you live a fantasy world where players are opting out of playoff games.
When I was 17, I enlisted in the Air Force. No one gave any opportunities to opt out or change my mind, regardless of circumstances. They are getting paid, so IMO, they are old enough to make their decisions and stand true to those choices.
Ok, sir. You are a juvenile blowhard a**hole, now on mute.
No person has ever opted out of a playoff game....A real bowl game. Many have opted out of the post season exhibition games.
None yet.
My oldest is 22...he's not a kid. Kids, to me, have lower standards as to what one expects with their decision making. At 22 you should have considered everything knowing what options exist. To each their own, I just don't understand coddling adults. I think people should be more willing to help out young adults, early to mid-20s, especially financially to help succeed bit their decisions are their own and if they make a bad one there's consequences.
It's not...players want to win titles. They know what bowls are even if fans don't.
This might be the dumbest post of all time on here. And that's impressive.
There was indeed a huge difference between the 22 year old college idiot who took an "extra football season" to graduate b/c I enjoyed the bars and had a Junior girlfriend, and the soon to be 25 year old young business exec who met his future wife in the airport. My bride would not have even talked to the 22 year old me- so I'd agree there is a "kid" still in most men at that age.
He shoulda done four years in the military first. Then he could stay in college until he was 31 !
You’d need courts to overturn several rules to make that happen….but if they do, then not much the NCAA can do about it.
The NCAA should do the right thing and rescind the rule, without forcing someone to sue and go through the time and expense.
I've got no issues with the rule, and think it's a good thing. For every player that decides to come back at the 11th hour, it's a player that needs to be "processed" to free up the scholarship for that guy. As long as we've got an 85 scholarship limit, coaches need some ability to manage it. If there is no downside to putting your name in the draft and declaring, then it becomes a disaster to try and manage a roster having no idea who is coming or going (granted, it's bad enough already).
But first, a Mormon mission for two years.
