[Goose]

There are some players that play football because of the "value" analysis, i.e. they think it is the only way they can get into/pay for a good education. They may not be correct, in that borrowing is an option, or maybe they could get into the school anyway, but that is not their belief. However, most of the players want to play football. They enjoy it and find the risks and requirements to be acceptable in return for the enjoyment they get from playing. Players that play because they like football do however want to see the field. Chaffin probably did not expect to start at Stanford next year. He can probably expect to start at Rice. He may not get along well with the new OL coach at Stanford but did with the previous one. Under those circumstances, going to a weaker program where you can actually play may be much better than remaining at the stronger one where you probably will not. That is the value difference.

[Goose]

There are some players that play football because of the "value" analysis, i.e. they think it is the only way they can get into/pay for a good education. They may not be correct, in that borrowing is an option, or maybe they could get into the school anyway, but that is not their belief. However, most of the players want to play football. They enjoy it and find the risks and requirements to be acceptable in return for the enjoyment they get from playing. Players that play because they like football do however want to see the field. Chaffin probably did not expect to start at Stanford next year. He can probably expect to start at Rice. He may not get along well with the new OL coach at Stanford but did with the previous one. Under those circumstances, going to a weaker program where you can actually play may be much better than remaining at the stronger one where you probably will not. That is the value difference.