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Amazingly CLASSLESS article on Lattimore

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    Life is short.... go no huddle

    Cocky01 ●

  • CockyTailgater said...

    Isn't one of the main criticisms (and cause for draft position drops) of players coming out that they take too many plays off? What would happen when a player takes half a season or a whole season off just to avoid risk? You think an NFL team is going to spend a lot of money on someone that decides to basically quit on his team to preserve himself? You think NFL owners want to risk millions of dollars on someone who's going to come out of a game because they got an ouchie and don't want to risk further injury? The risk of this type of injury is so low. I feel horrible for Marcus, but this was a freak injury. And isn't that why they now offer insurance for college players? To use AP and MacGahee as examples in the article is actually pretty ridiculous since those guys are doing pretty damn good for themselves these days. Could they have made more? Possibly, but it's not like they're having to eat at soup kitchens.

    I simply think that if a guy is good enough to be drafted he should be allowed to enter the draft so he can benefit from his own value in the free market. Why should a player be forced to play for minimum wage when he could legitimately be making millions? It makes no sense.

    Spurley

  • I guess after further thought:

    WTF is to stop a player now from doing this? hire an agent, quit your team, and train for a year. You know the agent will put your up for a year. Probably buy you a Bentley too.

    WTF is the point of this article? Any player could do it RIGHT NOW!

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  • Spurley said...

    God help me, but all of you say the article is asinine, dumb, stupid, moronic, etc...but not one of you said why.

    I think the article makes a hell of a lot of sense. These players are playing in the NCAA plantation system. Amortize the value of their scholarship over the time they spend training, practicing and playing and then factor in the risk of serious injury and they're practically playing for minimum wage. The colleges and coaches make plenty of money but the players have all the risk.

    I can't make a good argument as to why any player would elect to play for a college program if there were a viable semiprofessional league, but especially a kid who is specially gifted like Marcus Lattimore. I like him too much to ask him to take such a risk for us again when there is virtually no reward to him, especially if he has a viable shot at being a first round draft pick. Even if he's told he's not projected as a high draft pick, I would discourage him from playing again.

    I don't get the fuss over this either. The guy is writing it from an NFL perspective and saying its bad that no doubt NFL talent has to risk their health every Saturday to get to the NFL. Sure it's dumb to say someone like Clowney needs to quit until April 2014 bc he is putting future earnings at risk but I think the board is over reacting here. Lots of NFL people feel this way.

    "People always ask me if I wish I were bigger. I tell them no. I always wanted to be a miniature badass." Dustin Pedroia

    El Guapo

  • That is the single dumbest article I've ever read.

    Groovy

  • Tyler Hull said...

    [CENSORED] that guy. And his couch.

    Yep!

    CaliGamecock9095 ●

  • eglncola said...

    His argument would say a high school player, likely to make NFL, should not sign with a college at all. Instead, just get an agent and work just out for three years until draft.

    In other words, don't recruit 5 stars...What a dumbass.

    realUSCarolina

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  • Spurley said...

    God help me, but all of you say the article is asinine, dumb, stupid, moronic, etc...but not one of you said why.

    I think the article makes a hell of a lot of sense. These players are playing in the NCAA plantation system. Amortize the value of their scholarship over the time they spend training, practicing and playing and then factor in the risk of serious injury and they're practically playing for minimum wage. The colleges and coaches make plenty of money but the players have all the risk.

    I can't make a good argument as to why any player would elect to play for a college program if there were a viable semiprofessional league, but especially a kid who is specially gifted like Marcus Lattimore. I like him too much to ask him to take such a risk for us again when there is virtually no reward to him, especially if he has a viable shot at being a first round draft pick. Even if he's told he's not projected as a high draft pick, I would discourage him from playing again.

    Of course it's stupid and here's why. College football is an audition for the pros. They aren't going to just draft you because you were a phenom in high school weighing 220 pounds running a 4.4 forty. No, they want to see how you play against competition, whether you are tough, whether you take off plays, whether you can actually perform against high-level competition, etc. Heck, let's take it further, If you are going to sit someone for their entire college career, why are they even bothering to play HS football?

    The whole premise is so silly I'm surprised that it has a single defender.

    I agree that the athletes should be receiving some more benefits for playing college football. Not going to debate you on that. But the idea that they should just shut it down and hope for an NFL future makes no sense.

    Thomas Sumter

  • Thomas Sumter said...

    Of course it's stupid and here's why. College football is an audition for the pros. They aren't going to just draft you because you were a phenom in high school weighing 220 pounds running a 4.4 forty. No, they want to see how you play against competition, whether you are tough, whether you take off plays, whether you can actually perform against high-level competition, etc. Heck, let's take it further, If you are going to sit someone for their entire college career, why are they even bothering to play HS football?

    The whole premise is so silly I'm surprised that it has a single defender.

    I agree that the athletes should be receiving some more benefits for playing college football. Not going to debate you on that. But the idea that they should just shut it down and hope for an NFL future makes no sense.

    I guess this thread is dead but where did you read me say that Lattimore should sit? I think he established beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was NFL quality after his freshman year. If he had been allowed to attend the NFL combine and get an assessment for his draft status for the draft that year he might well have elected to move up. I think college players should have that option. See my initial post for the why on that.

    So, if you want to argue with me, please make it relevant. I don't even know what you're talking about.

    Spurley

  • CFN has become such a joke that it honestly doesn't surprise me, even as classless as the article is. They are a bunch of clowns.

    By encouraging a player to sit out and not risk himself in HS/College, you're basically telling him to not work his @$$ off. Just sit back and your milliions will come to you, don't overexert yourself.

    That's exactly how primadonna's in the recruiting game are created. Bryce Brown ring a bell? Isiah Crowell? I seriously doubt you're going to be able to convince a guy like Lattimore, the ultimate competitor, that he should just sit things out and avoid harm. That's not what leaders do.

    This post was edited by MethodLief on 10/30/2012 at 5:33 AM

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  • Brooster said...

    My exchange with Pete

    I read part of your article, all I could stomach ...
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    . Thanks for reading it ... Fiu, CFN

    that sums it up. He is sitting at home with a tub of lotion reading threads like this pounding his f5 button. No better time to troll than on the back of tragedy. He has been waiting for something like this to come along since the last time he got so much attention saying the same thing. Sad what some will do for attention these days.

    DT USC ●

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