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He’s leaving because even though he got them back to being an actual decent team for the first time in forever they wouldn’t give him a contract so he left for a school that would. The players signed up to go to Marshal because of the coach. Why should a school get to hold a student athlete who they are t paying hostage? Even if you count the scholarship as payment it’s at best a year to year contract.
This about sums up the state of college football today. Their head coach announces he is leaving the team and all the players enter the transfer portal, so Marshall has to pull out of the bowl they were going to play in.
Cant make them play, nor can you make the coach call plays or even hold practice so I doubt that would solve the problem.The obvious fix to this nonsense is to not allow players to enter the transfer portal until after all the bowl games have been played. It would also help if coaches were required to stay on board until after their team's bowl game.
Their respective fan bases?Some of these bowl games are a joke anyway. Who cares who wins between two 6-6 teams, or two 7-6 teams, or a 7-6 team vs. a 6-6 team or a 6-7 team? Who cares?
They have to find a team that's not already committed to a bowl that's willing to play in the game. Since most teams at .500 or better are already committed to play in a bowl.....With Marshall dropping out, Army's opponent in the Independence Bowl will be Louisiana Tech, a 5-7 team. 5-7? Are you kidding me?
There's something seriously wrong with a system that puts a 5-7 team in a bowl game.
Individual fan bases of the teams. It seems the stadiums are always full. I don’t watch every game but they are apparently making money or the sponsorships would dry up.Why even have bowl games anymore. It amazes me they get even 10,000 viewers
I think it’ll trickle into oblivion.. but hey if they can keep these exhibitions up and make money, they’ll stay around.Individual fan bases of the teams. It seems the stadiums are always full. I don’t watch every game but they are apparently making money or the sponsorships would dry up.
The reality is for the vast majority of schools a bowl game is the only chance they will ever have at a “post season” under the current format.I think it’ll trickle into oblivion.. but hey if they can keep these exhibitions up and make money, they’ll stay around.
It's a cancer. I say players who commit to a team for the whole season should be required to play in the bowl game. I hate the new system. In a closed system, there has to be socialism in some form. Otherwise the rich get richer. One needs only to look at MLB. The Pirates suck and will always suck; and the Yankees and Dodgers will always be good. The same will happen in college football.
This about sums up the state of college football today. Their head coach announces he is leaving the team and all the players enter the transfer portal, so Marshall has to pull out of the bowl they were going to play in.
How do you propose to “force” them to play?It's a cancer. I say players who commit to a team for the whole season should be required to play in the bowl game. I hate the new system. In a closed system, there has to be socialism in some form. Otherwise the rich get richer. One needs only to look at MLB. The Pirates suck and will always suck; and the Yankees and Dodgers will always be good. The same will happen in college football.
They sign a contract to play for the college. If they don't fulfill their contract, there is a stiff penalty. Now that they're professional players in college, they can pay it.How do you propose to “force” them to play?
I attended the Music City Bowl last year because my team was selected. The game was not even close to a sellout because who wants to see two mediocre teams if you are not a fan of either one. Besides, it was late December on a cold, windy day in Tennessee. None of the star players on either team played, and no one really cared who won. I think I saw footage from several of this year's games, and the stadiums were nowhere near full. The playoffs and NIL killed the bowls, deader than a doornail.Individual fan bases of the teams. It seems the stadiums are always full. I don’t watch every game but they are apparently making money or the sponsorships would dry up.
The transfer portal has ruined college football.
This about sums up the state of college football today. Their head coach announces he is leaving the team and all the players enter the transfer portal, so Marshall has to pull out of the bowl they were going to play in.
They sign a contract to play for the college. If they don't fulfill their contract, there is a stiff penalty. Now that they're professional players in college, they can pay it.
I can see how the PO's have hurt bowl games, but I dont see how NIL has affected them.I attended the Music City Bowl last year because my team was selected. The game was not even close to a sellout because who wants to see two mediocre teams if you are not a fan of either one. Besides, it was late December on a cold, windy day in Tennessee. None of the star players on either team played, and no one really cared who won. I think I saw footage from several of this year's games, and the stadiums were nowhere near full. The playoffs and NIL killed the bowls, deader than a doornail.
If you don't make the playoffs, why bother playing and getting a chance at a career-ending injury?
If they have no NIL deal with the current school, why would they risk injury in a non-consequential bowl game. They enter the transfer portal and don't play. It's truly a combination of the two.I can see how the PO's have hurt bowl games, but I dont see how NIL has affected them.
Have you not heard of NIL? Of course universities are paying players.So then the universities would then have to start paying them which they current dont do. They would have to sign multiple year agreements with guaranteed money shielding the player in the event they are injured or their projected talent not panning out at the college level. Since that will never happen you might want to come up with another plan.