Skipping Bowls?

[Chip]

If bowls want to be prestigious, and have players actually play in them, then they should start cutting in players on profits. Let's see how many of them still want to operate if they had to pay 50% of profits to a pool that was evenly distributed to the players.

I agree that the bowls should pay the kids to play. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens in the near future.

I really don't understand the economics of some of these bowl games. Do they still force (or didn't they once force) the schools to buy up a certain number of tickets?

 

[MSOrange]

Possible No. 1 pick Maye to skip bowl, enter draft

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is entering the NFL draft and will not play in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

www.espn.com

 

[cusefan88]

I agree that the bowls should pay the kids to play. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens in the near future.

I really don't understand the economics of some of these bowl games. Do they still force (or didn't they once force) the schools to buy up a certain number of tickets?

That would probably knock out some of the smaller bowls I imagine and push the cutoff to 7-5 possibly (which is probably the right minimum).

 

[MSOrange]

Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman opts out of Sun Bowl vs. Oregon State to begin prep for 2024 NFL Draft

Hartman's lengthy NCAA career has officially come to a close following his decision to skip the postseason

www.cbssports.com

 

[721Comstock]

Notre Dame QB Sam Hartman opts out of Sun Bowl vs. Oregon State to begin prep for 2024 NFL Draft

Hartman's lengthy NCAA career has officially come to a close following his decision to skip the postseason

www.cbssports.com

Dude already has his Masters, PhD, and is about to finish his 2nd year of Residency.

I mean, yeah, maybe he gets a sniff at the NFL.
But more than likely he’s gonna be trying to sell one of us a really great variable universal life policy.

 

[Cusefan95]

Coaches have contracts and all that is spelled out in their contracts. Of course, no one is forced to sign a contracts and schools won't create contracts they can't get a coach to sign. There are also buyout clauses that are happily paid. Maybe players should have buyout for NILs.

Since NIL is for name, image, and likeness use, and specifically IS NOT for playing, how would you put a buyout clause for something you aren’t allowed to pay a player for anyway into an NIL deal? Your suggestion is immediately unworkable as a result.

The most likely solution is to pay players to play in bowl games (probably through some convoluted approach) - but even then anyone that’s a projected 1st/2nd rounder is unlikely to play because there’s no way to pay them enough to offset the risk of injury and dropping in the draft.

 

[SmilinBob]

For schools not in the playoff, many of these games are like the spring game only vs another school and actually count.

 

[xc84]

Since NIL is for name, image, and likeness use, and specifically IS NOT for playing, how would you put a buyout clause for something you aren’t allowed to pay a player for anyway into an NIL deal? Your suggestion is immediately unworkable as a result.

The most likely solution is to pay players to play in bowl games (probably through some convoluted approach) - but even then anyone that’s a projected 1st/2nd rounder is unlikely to play because there’s no way to pay them enough to offset the risk of injury and dropping in the draft.

Name Image and Likeness is worthless if a player opts out of playing. Let’s not pretend players are really being paid for their Name Image Likeness.