Will Grier - WVU Bowl Game

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allvol123 said:
Kind of a dumb trend.

Can't remember the case of a high profile player with a major injury in a bowl game that derailed their draft status. Maybe the Miami running back many years ago.
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Jake Butt at Michigan. As Ben mentioned, Jaylon Smith was going to be at top 5 pick and blew his knee and could have cost him his career.
 
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It is absolutely, unequivocally a smart decision to sit out a non playoff bowl game if you are going to the NFL. Why take the chance? You know what the player gets for a bowl game? A $500 "swag" bag. That's peanuts compared to potentially lost earnings if you get a serious injury. Maybe if the NCAA paid the players correctly, they could play the bowl game. And it doesn't hurt and won't hurt NFL draft stock because most bowl games are meaningless towards draft stock.
 
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Bowl games are just fun exhibitions anyways. A lot of coaches care about the extra practices they get to develop players than the actual game.
 
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zjcvols said:
It is absolutely, unequivocally a smart decision to sit out a non playoff bowl game if you are going to the NFL. Why take the chance? You know what the player gets for a bowl game? A $500 "swag" bag. That's peanuts compared to potentially lost earnings if you get a serious injury. Maybe if the NCAA paid the players correctly, they could play the bowl game. And it doesn't hurt and won't hurt NFL draft stock because most bowl games are meaningless towards draft stock.
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With that rationale a player could sit out any game if he decided the risk of injury would reduce his possible financial income at a later time.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
With that rationale a player could sit out any game if he decided the risk of injury would reduce his possible financial income at a later time.
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Um, yeah. They've always had that option.....it's lately become an attractive option, that's all.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
With that rationale a player could sit out any game if he decided the risk of injury would reduce his possible financial income at a later time.
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Hell yeah, get that money young man. If the NCAA isn't gonna pay you and they would still be drafted in the first couple rounds of the NFL then they should definitely do it.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
Will Grier has announced that he is skipping WVU's bowl game to prepare for the NFL Draft, This is the first time I heard a player voluntarily skipping a bowl game. One poster on the WVU fan website stated Grier cannot spell "Team" because there is no "I". His draft stock should go way down IMO.
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Then you've apparently been living under a rock for about 3-4 years.
 
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Orange_Vol1321 said:
I think it sucks and I wouldn't be surprised to see the NCAA address this soon. Everything is about money. Your star QB wants to sit then the fans decide not to go to the bowl game. Bowl game and NCAA lose money. NCAA then addresses whats going on.
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And how would they address this? Force the guy to play, you just fake an injury.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
One of the most selfish things I ever heard. It is like an NFL QB skipping the last game of the season because he knows he is going to play for another team the next year. He is letting his WVU teammates,coaches and fans down.
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This was my initial reaction. But, a (non playoff) bowl game can have a couple different purposes. It's a reward for the players, but it's also the opportunity to start preparing for the following season.

Say UT had snuck into a bowl game and we had a senior QB in place that had been "adequate". Is it better to have the next QB getting some quality reps? Or Is the Sr letting his team down?

You used to hear about players getting insurance policies in case of injury. I assume some still do, though I can't recall hearing of it recently.
 
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Orange_Vol1321 said:
I think it sucks and I wouldn't be surprised to see the NCAA address this soon. Everything is about money. Your star QB wants to sit then the fans decide not to go to the bowl game. Bowl game and NCAA lose money. NCAA then addresses whats going on.
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Bowl attendance is already down, and I doubt people were falling over themselves to go to the Camping World Bowl anyway. NCAA isn't going to say jack because all they care about is the TV money, and right now it's just fine.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
So do you hold it against players when they go to the NFL early? I mean, aren't they letting down their team and fans by not staying all 4 years?
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They are quitting on the team and fanbase if they voluntarily do not finish the season. I would not have a player like that on my team. It is a character issue.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Bowl attendance is already down, and I doubt people were falling over themselves to go to the Camping World Bowl anyway. NCAA isn't going to say jack because all they care about is the TV money, and right now it's just fine.
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If it eliminated some of these ridiculous piddling little bowl games, even better.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
They are quitting on the team and fanbase if they voluntarily do not finish the season. I would not have a player like that on my team. It is a character issue.
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Well, you wouldn't have to worry about that, because they are graduating. The schools no longer have any power over them at this point.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
They are quitting on the team and fanbase if they voluntarily do not finish the season. I would not have a player like that on my team. It is a character issue.
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And technically a person who commits to a team is quitting on the team if they don't voluntarily finish their 4 playing years, since that's what they committed to.
 
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ABINGDON VOL FAN said:
With that rationale a player could sit out any game if he decided the risk of injury would reduce his possible financial income at a later time.
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Didn't Kelly 'The Future' Washington duck out of the Wyoming game when we played them in Nashville?

In more recent years, didn't the LSU tailback Fornette skip his final bowl game?
 
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