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And that was the final, 63-3. 

From Tomahawk Nation: "And before we get into what went down in the first 30 minutes of play, let it be said — anybody questioning why the majority of Florida State’s starters, who were told that their efforts in winning all their games did not count, decided to not play in a game (that at best would allow them to make an easily-dismissed argument for a national championship, at minimum give fake credence to those that argued against leaving them out and at worst harm their professional future) is a person that does not need to be taken seriously,"

And ESPN was irritated...interesting, given that they lobbied for undefeated FSU to be left out of the national playoff in favor of Texas and Alabama, teams with one loss each. Quelle surprise...

The average bowl team has more than 12 opt-outs. This article has some interesting suggestions, and it "credits" Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette for having started the opt-outs in 2017...and they were rewarded for their opt-outs, having been drafted 8th and 4th respectively.

https://gridironheroics.com/bowl-game-op...ange-2024/

on the suggestions

- change NIL to include bowl game participation

I would assume that those signing players to NIL could try and include something around bowl game participation, not sure how much any of them care about bowl games outside the CFP and would be willing to lose a top player to school Y who does not try to do something similar.

- move the transfer portal date out to Jan 2

while this sounds good, it likely means a lot of transfers won't be able to enroll in Jan and be able to participate in Spring practice which coaches looking to next season wouldn't like.  I also wonder how many coaches would choose to play someone they were pretty sure was going to transfer over wanting to get a look at their potential replacement unless there was a brobdingnagian gap in skills (e.g., they would probably play their starting QB they thought was transferring but may not care much is the second team OT was)

- bowl game incentives to win

might make the smaller games even less attractive as the guaranteed payout could be less (and cost the school more) than they plan, and outside of the major bowls aren't most of them money losers for schools already?  Making them potentially bigger money losers might kill of a few (which Could be a good thing)

[82lsju]

And that was the final, 63-3. 

From Tomahawk Nation: "And before we get into what went down in the first 30 minutes of play, let it be said — anybody questioning why the majority of Florida State’s starters, who were told that their efforts in winning all their games did not count, decided to not play in a game (that at best would allow them to make an easily-dismissed argument for a national championship, at minimum give fake credence to those that argued against leaving them out and at worst harm their professional future) is a person that does not need to be taken seriously,"

And ESPN was irritated...interesting, given that they lobbied for undefeated FSU to be left out of the national playoff in favor of Texas and Alabama, teams with one loss each. Quelle surprise...

The average bowl team has more than 12 opt-outs. This article has some interesting suggestions, and it "credits" Christian McCaffrey and Leonard Fournette for having started the opt-outs in 2017...and they were rewarded for their opt-outs, having been drafted 8th and 4th respectively.

https://gridironheroics.com/bowl-game-op...ange-2024/

on the suggestions

- change NIL to include bowl game participation

I would assume that those signing players to NIL could try and include something around bowl game participation, not sure how much any of them care about bowl games outside the CFP and would be willing to lose a top player to school Y who does not try to do something similar.

- move the transfer portal date out to Jan 2

while this sounds good, it likely means a lot of transfers won't be able to enroll in Jan and be able to participate in Spring practice which coaches looking to next season wouldn't like.  I also wonder how many coaches would choose to play someone they were pretty sure was going to transfer over wanting to get a look at their potential replacement unless there was a brobdingnagian gap in skills (e.g., they would probably play their starting QB they thought was transferring but may not care much is the second team OT was)

- bowl game incentives to win

might make the smaller games even less attractive as the guaranteed payout could be less (and cost the school more) than they plan, and outside of the major bowls aren't most of them money losers for schools already?  Making them potentially bigger money losers might kill of a few (which Could be a good thing)