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Christian McCaffrey (RB Stanford)

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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
@OSU_Buckguy Why not compare it to a kid like me, who had good enough grades going into his final that he didn't need to score a single point on it in order to graduate? One's willingness to complete what one started matters, and I hope it comes back to cost these guys draft positions. The actual occurrence of a career ending injury is slight, as decades of evidence shows. I do agree with Cinci that insurance should be made available, and so far as I know - IT IS, especially for a guy like McCaffrey who comes from a family which can afford it. These guys, especially the 100% healthy McCaffrey are fucking quitters. Horrible teammates. Period.
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Maybe bailing on a final group project is a better comparison?
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
I don't have a problem with leaving one position for another. It's why I don't have a problem with a player forgoing his senior season. Because it's done after the current season is complete. I'm not naive, I know it's been coming, and I know it's going to become common place. I suspect you're going to have guys skipping out on their team earlier and earlier, once their team is no longer in the running for a title. That doesn't mean I have to approve of it, nor is it something I would teach my own son or daughter. You don't quit on your team and you finish what you start. I've actually HAD that conversation with my kids and I've made them finish their seasons.

As for players getting paid... I get so tired of this bull[Mark May] argument. So what if the schools are making a ton of money off their labor? Welcome to the real world. When I was working in college, at one point, I had 3 jobs. A local greasy spoon, Wendys and Revco. I worked and worked and worked.... I made peanuts. Dave Thomas was doing JUST FINE on my labor. As was whoever the fat cat at Revco was and even the local greasy spoon owner drove a really nice car and didn't seem to want for much... on MY - and my associates - labor. That's not "unfair" it's fucking life, dude.

If we're going to look at CFB as training for the NFL, so be it. When I was in school, I didn't get to march into some law firm and say "Well, I want you to hire me right here and right now." Nope... I had to finish my education. Why? Because I was in school to learn how to be a lawyer, I wasn't yet a lawyer. So, if we use the analogy, players are in school to learn how to play, they are NOT entitled, I repeat, NOT ENTITLED to a job yet.

I am eligible for the NFL draft. I will not be drafted. You want to know why? Among many other things, because I don't play college football and NFL GMs have not been exposed to my skill set. So, there's no way I'm going to ever tap into the relative life of luxury that of being an NFL player. Maybe I should blame Ohio State for raising money when I was in school but not giving any to me.
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And I get so tired of the bulshit argument that guys give who went to college and think that they're college experience is equivalent to a "student athlete". Good for you for working 3 jobs(and I honestly, and genuinely mean that, anyone should be commended for working that many jobs and still taking on a full college work load) but 100k+ people didn't pay to watch you flip burgers or for you to do your other jobs. A regular college student doesn't have his t shirt in the Nike store selling for hundreds of dollars or risk an injury working for the library or Walgreen's. These guys have a very limited shelf life, I'm sure you can be a lawyer longer Than either of these kids can play in the NFL. And even though McCaffrey came from a family with money, he also had a father who had a number of serious injuries on his career, which has to be taken into account.

And in no way do I think that players are entitled to make the NFL. But I do think that they deserve a chance to get in the best shape possible to get to the next level. I see no reason in making a big deal of these pointless bowl games that no one attends anyway. Neither kid is playing for the NC, they're playing in money grab bowls! The bowl season in general is an absolute joke! Outside of the CFP and the NYE6 bowls, the general population and even students and fans of those schools don't give a damn about these bowl games! A RB who skips out on the freaking Sun Bowl or Beef o Brady's Bowl is not a big deal when that position takes so much punishment. See you Christian and Leonard on Sundays.
 
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