Should Clowney sit?

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Saw an article earlier today and wanted to get your guys thoughts on it. I thought it was interesting.

The article suggested that Clowney should sit out next year to avoid injury and would still likely be the #1 draft pick in the 2014 draft. Said sitting out wouldn't affect him as a player and that scouts say it wouldn't hurt his draft stock either.
 
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Can't blame him if he did, he has absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose. I hope he gets one of those big dollar insurance policy.
 
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Right. He doesn't look like he even enjoys playing the game of Football.
 
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UGA insider said:
Can't blame him if he did, he has absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose. I hope he gets one of those big dollar insurance policy.
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This is my thought. From a strictly business standpoint, he has everything to lose. It will never happen (and rightfully so) but I would hate for him to blow a knee and lose millions.
 
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If he did that it would be chicken **** and selfish on his part IMO. To me, the big money takes away THE LOVE OF THE GAME.
 
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How do you know it was because you were rusty? Players tear their ACLs all the time when they're not rusty. Were you not stretching or working out at all?
 
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Vercingetorix said:
How do you know it was because you were rusty? Players tear their ACLs all the time when they're not rusty. Were you not stretching or working out at all?
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Because I was allowed at practices? I do my own stretches. He could easily get hurt In practice as he could during games. So why sit?
 
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He is far more likely to get hurt during a game than he is doing conditioning work by himself.

Not only could he avoid injury by sitting out a year, he could go ahead and hire an agent and take a nice big advance on future earnings. He could buy some things for his family. Instead he gets to come back and risk his livelihood for nothing and make a lot of money for other people instead. Great system.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
He is far more likely to get hurt during a game than he is doing conditioning work by himself.

Not only could he avoid injury by sitting out a year, he could go ahead and hire an agent and take a nice big advance on future earnings. He could buy some things for his family. Instead he gets to come back and risk his livelihood for nothing and make a lot of money for other people instead. Great system.
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Yeah, Sounds like a real competitor. Besides, Mcshay and The Draft Guru already said Clowney still needs to work on his game. Especially his Stamina.
 
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I'm not saying Clowney should sit it out. Hell, I can't say that I believe that he'd still be a sure bet to still be the #1 pick even if he would. What I am saying is that system sucks because it treats players likes indentured servants. Lattimore would have been a high draft pick if he had been able to come out last year, but he couldn't, so boom, he blew out his knee playing for free instead, costing him millions of dollars. Clowney would be the #1 pick right now if he could come out, but he can't, so he's got to risk the same thing. (Or risk guys calling him a crummy competitor.) I don't know anything about Clowney's family, but what if his mom is a single parent living in a trailer? She's got to wait another year before he can help her. Everybody gets rich but the players.
 
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