26 Clemson players opt-out of bowl game
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Date: December 16th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
"i wanted to ruin the traditional bowl structure. but not like this."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513871) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 9:42 AM Author: santa's top guy
THEY ARE ALL EXHIBITION GAMES
there is nothing inherently "meaningful" about any game of football. it is just something to play and watch. the very *definition* of an exhibition.
sorry didn't mean to shout at you but this talking point drives me nuts
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513332) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"ND’s Jeremiah Love was saying that factored into their decision to decline a bowl. They thought it’d be a fraud to play the bowl game with 1/3 of the roster missing and have that game go on the record. The players wanted their last game played for the season to be a real game with the actual team."
i respect that. it's better than "we are butt hurt about missing the playoffs."
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513433) |
Date: December 16th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: .,.,.;;,;.,;:,:,,:,.,:,::,..;.,:,.:;.:.,;.:.,:.::,
the same economic factors that are helping to cause this should be the same reason it's easy to fix. just have the NIL contracts impose massive penalties for skipping any game including a bowl game without injury.
probably inevitable too
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513471) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 11:12 AM Author: michael doodikoff
why wasn't this done after the FSU bowl debacle last year?
I ALWAYS SAID that paying players would ruin the sport, that they were coddled and got "enough" perks at the big programs, and I assumed there was backhanded payments to these players too. Even on xo there were lots of people like "but the players deserve to be paid."
Well here you go. Enjoy.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513528) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 11:21 AM Author: michael doodikoff
ND paid players too - all of the big programs had ways to funnel $$ from donors to the kids. One example that happens a lot - big donor car dealer owners "leasing" expensive cars to players for $1/year, etc etc etc
Stop gatekeeping.
Save face? ND was not a great team this year and did not deserve to be in the playoff.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513550) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: .,.,.;;,;.,;:,:,,:,.,:,::,..;.,:,.:;.:.,;.:.,:.::,
not a lawyer but seems plausible to argue that a player being absent for his team's highest-profile game of the year reduces the value of his NIL significantly. anyways it's all probably moot in a few years.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513909) |
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Date: December 16th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
*they've destroyed
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5810881&forum_id=2Reputation#49513870) |
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