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With the salaries for college players in the NFL draft at an all time high, wouldnt you think that those players will become more selfish. Matter in fact, it would be an intellgent move by the player.
Say USC was playing Texas Tech and coming into the game Michael Crabtree was the player coaches mostly gameplan around. So Tech's coach goes up to Crabtree and tells him "This week we will not throw you one ball. Were going to use you as a decoy the entire game." So Crabtree goes into that game and catches 1 ball for 7 yards.
Now we fast forward and the draft is here. We are full speed ahead in evaluating talent. Michael Crabtree's name comes up to the likes of Mel Kiper, Todd Mcshay, Mike Mayock, Rich Eisen, etc and they all bring up the SC game. They ask the questions of "Where was he in the big game against USC? He let an average corner shut him down imagine what would happen when he gets to the NFL." Where does his draft stock go from here? Falling fast........
Draft day is here and Crabtree is taking in the late first round instead of the top 5 that he was orginally slated for. Instead of making 45 million for 6 years hes making about 16 million for 4. He just lost 30 million over a coaches decision to use him in a different way.
This is a fake scenario but its true. What if the coach tells the star player to be a decoy in half there games their senior year? What should he do when there's so much money to be had? Thats why college players should be greedy, selfish, and be bigger than the team. The NFL draft for 90 percent of them is there best chance at a pay day. If a coach wants them to be a decoy they should say no. Its not that I agree that players should be selfish but the system set up by the NFL encourages this. Isnt anyone suprised that the college game isnt ruined by now.
Another example, Ohio St is up 35-7 on Bowling Green at halftime. Coach tells his starters they're out of the game. Isnt this a chance to pad their stats? I know the injury factor is there but should a player be pulled if its going to cost them 100 yards and 2 scores? Not only this, there are more than one of these lop-sided games every year. In the end your costing a player probably 300 yards and 3 tds.
In closing, will college football become a "me/I" sport very soon if things are not changed? I ask the question if you were rated as a 1st round pick in the preseason by the experts, would you be a decoy the entire year if the coach asked you to knowing its going to cost yourself millions of dollars later? Also, if a highley totued college player straight up comes out and says he would not play hurt or second fiddle until he gets into the NFL, would that bother you. Jorge Julio is a prime example of this. When he comes out hes going to be a top 5 pick. If he said some quotes like that would you blame him. If he plays hurt all season his numbers would suffer and eventually lowering his draft status and costing him money. What would you do????
Say USC was playing Texas Tech and coming into the game Michael Crabtree was the player coaches mostly gameplan around. So Tech's coach goes up to Crabtree and tells him "This week we will not throw you one ball. Were going to use you as a decoy the entire game." So Crabtree goes into that game and catches 1 ball for 7 yards.
Now we fast forward and the draft is here. We are full speed ahead in evaluating talent. Michael Crabtree's name comes up to the likes of Mel Kiper, Todd Mcshay, Mike Mayock, Rich Eisen, etc and they all bring up the SC game. They ask the questions of "Where was he in the big game against USC? He let an average corner shut him down imagine what would happen when he gets to the NFL." Where does his draft stock go from here? Falling fast........
Draft day is here and Crabtree is taking in the late first round instead of the top 5 that he was orginally slated for. Instead of making 45 million for 6 years hes making about 16 million for 4. He just lost 30 million over a coaches decision to use him in a different way.
This is a fake scenario but its true. What if the coach tells the star player to be a decoy in half there games their senior year? What should he do when there's so much money to be had? Thats why college players should be greedy, selfish, and be bigger than the team. The NFL draft for 90 percent of them is there best chance at a pay day. If a coach wants them to be a decoy they should say no. Its not that I agree that players should be selfish but the system set up by the NFL encourages this. Isnt anyone suprised that the college game isnt ruined by now.
Another example, Ohio St is up 35-7 on Bowling Green at halftime. Coach tells his starters they're out of the game. Isnt this a chance to pad their stats? I know the injury factor is there but should a player be pulled if its going to cost them 100 yards and 2 scores? Not only this, there are more than one of these lop-sided games every year. In the end your costing a player probably 300 yards and 3 tds.
In closing, will college football become a "me/I" sport very soon if things are not changed? I ask the question if you were rated as a 1st round pick in the preseason by the experts, would you be a decoy the entire year if the coach asked you to knowing its going to cost yourself millions of dollars later? Also, if a highley totued college player straight up comes out and says he would not play hurt or second fiddle until he gets into the NFL, would that bother you. Jorge Julio is a prime example of this. When he comes out hes going to be a top 5 pick. If he said some quotes like that would you blame him. If he plays hurt all season his numbers would suffer and eventually lowering his draft status and costing him money. What would you do????
