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Message: [QUOTE="Libero2, post: 4475975, member: 2812"] What does that even mean, one paid game off per year? so Tucker (since he’s the subject of this thread) could choose to opt out Clemson since thats the most physical team we will play? Or we as a staff hold him out of a Wagner game because there’s no point in him playing in that game to win? what happens if the team doesn’t make a bowl game and the kid already took his “paid game off” does that mean next year the team has to make a bowl and he doesn’t get the game off Anywhere in the season? all crazy talk IMO. At the end of the day, these guys are student athletes and only the absolute elite players across the country (who are at the end of their careers) can afford to take the game off to protect themselves. Any contract you want to put into place with that kid won’t really apply anyways since their next contract with the NFL will supersede anything you put into place and encourage kids to break deals made with the university. As far as I know (which is not far…) NIL deals can’t have any conditions related to play on the field, so you can’t mandate stars play that way either. at the end of the day, we should consider ourselves lucky to have guys good enough they can even consider opting out of the game. If they do we celebrate the heck out of them And cheer them on through the draft process. If they suit up, we cheer them on like they always have and cross our fingers, toes and everything else that they have the best game of their lives and stay healthy too. The kids in a position to make that choice have done so much for this university and for its fans by the time we reach this moment, they have the right to choose. we as fans often forget these people dont “work” for us. It’s a privilege to watch these kids play and to root for them. They have every right to not attend our school of choice and even if they do initially they have the right to transfer out. We don’t “own” these players and it’s not our ”right” that they Go out and perform for us wearing our colors. It’s a privilege to see these kids play for us when almost all of them have choices to be somewhere else. we as super fans will always feels more connected to the team and the university than the vast majority of potential players (and even several of the actual players). That leads many of us to think our personal wants and needs matter more than anyone else. If we turn on our very best players and don’t support their choices in situations like this, why should we be any more likely to “deserve” other elite talents to come and play here for our personal enjoyment? [/QUOTE]

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