Christian McCaffrey Sitting Out Sun Bowl

[ATXGator]

If it's not BCS or Playoff it's a gift bag and a vacation. Glorified exhibition game. Made that way by the BCS even more so with the Playoff.

This exactly! It is an exhibition and I think you are going to see more and more kids decide they don't want to risk their financial future for an exhibition game. There is no value to the kid to play in this game. There is much more value for him to focus on draft prep and getting ready for the NFL.

 

[GatorTAG]

I don't know. I always hated when our top players would give a half hearted effort during our bowl games. They always used to bowl games as a show case of their own talents and mostly did a lot of showboat in with complete disregard of trying to win the game. *Like our loss to Louisville in the Sugar Bowl.

So if an NFL draft pick isn't in it to win it then I'd rather them not play.

 

[Bama&GatorFan]

Yeah, if they are not in the playoff, it is basically an exhibition game. I can understand it. I hope the playoff team players do not start doing that.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Yeah, if they are not in the playoff, it is basically an exhibition game. I can understand it. I hope the playoff team players do not start doing that.

With the number of NFL teams being represented at the playoff games, I truly doubt that will be the case. The playoff games and the BCS games are showcases of talent, that NFL evaluators as sent to.. Not just for the premium players, but the guys who could be later round picks.

 

[T REX]

Sorry. This is poor on his part. What about the last meaningless game against Rice? Where do you draw the line?

It's a shame our staff thinks like many people on here and doesn't care about the bowl game.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Sorry. This is poor on his part. What about the last meaningless game against Rice? Where do you draw the line?

It's a shame our staff thinks like many people on here and doesn't care about the bowl game.

So what does the team gain by winning the Sun Bowl, what is there McCaffery to gain? The bowl games all 41 extra bowl games mean what? The bowl games used to mean something, but that meaning has gone way. They have been devalued with the changes in NCAA football.

 

[-THE DUDE-]

Bowls don't mean anything anymore it's a business decision and the body can only take so many hits. Go get paid.

If any of our players don't want to play I'd rather see the youngsters get some much needed pt.

 

[T REX]

So what does the team gain by winning the Sun Bowl, what is there McCaffery to gain? The bowl games all 41 extra bowl games mean what? The bowl games used to mean something, but that meaning has gone way. They have been devalued with the changes in NCAA football.

What did he get by playing vs Rice? It was just as meaningless. You are part of a "team". Maybe your fans are going to make the trip. You can get hurt walking your dog. I guess we'll all agree to disagree. Not the first time.

 

[TheDouglas78]

What did he get by playing vs Rice? It was just as meaningless. You are part of a "team". Maybe your fans are going to make the trip. You can get hurt walking your dog. I guess we'll all agree to disagree. Not the first time.

Rice is a regular season game, there is a difference. A victory against Rice could potentially set them up for post season games that matter. This is a post season game that doesn't matter.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Here is a question, if the Sun Bowl means so much, without looking it up... who won last year's Sun Bowl? Who played in it? Who sponsors it?

 

[Yankeetown]

So when these guys are in the NFL, and their team is standing at 3-6, do these players shut down for the rest of the season, as "a business decision?"

Go all out, all the time, or just go home and call it quits on competitive sports.

(And the risk of senior-year injuries is why the top talent gets insurance.)

 

[TheDouglas78]

So when these guys are in the NFL, and their team is standing at 3-6, do these players shut down for the rest of the season, as "a business decision?"

Go all out, all the time, or just go home and call it quits on competitive sports.

(And the risk of senior-year injuries is why the top talent gets insurance.)

Are they getting paid for an exhibition game, compared to getting paid for a actual game in the NFL. That's an apples to oranges comparison.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

So when these guys are in the NFL, and their team is standing at 3-6, do these players shut down for the rest of the season, as "a business decision?"

Go all out, all the time, or just go home and call it quits on competitive sports.

(And the risk of senior-year injuries is why the top talent gets insurance.)

Yeah those are professionals trying to keep their jobs, this is an amateur trying to get a job, and he can't get a good one if he blows his knee out in an exhibition game four months before the draft. NFL scouts already have more than enough tape on McCafferey and Fournette.

 

[Yankeetown]

Are they getting paid for an exhibition game, compared to getting paid for a actual game in the NFL. That's an apples to oranges comparison.

Well they signed a contract to play, in exchange for a number of economically valuable promises from their universities.

 

[CapitalGator02]

Embarrassing.

Why? Coaches bail on their players at a moments notice every season. This is where we are with sports. The guy has millions of dollars waiting for him in the very near future and he doesn't want to risk losing that. I have no problem with this.

 

[Yankeetown]

NFL scouts already have more than enough tape on McCafferey and Fournette.

There's also plenty of tape on every college football player who was on the field for a substantial amount of time. 99% of them dream of playing in the NFL.

Where would/should you draw the line?

Only underclassmen should play in the bowl games? Or in the last X games of the regular reason, once a team has been eliminated as a candidate for its league championship?

 

[GatorJ]

Why? Coaches bail on their players at a moments notice every season.

That's embarrassing as well. It's a damn circus.

 

[gatormandan]

If the bowl games are meaningless, cancel them.

 

[RocketCityGator]

Disgusting. No loyalty. Business decision? I would rather that a minor league be formed that is purely and NFL development league and let the colleges field a team of amateurs. I would get more out of watching the amateurs than watching a bunch of me first, businessmen.

 

[TheDouglas78]

Well they signed a contract to play, in exchange for a number of economically valuable promises from their universities.

And he did his side of the bargain... or did he not play during the regular season?