Marshall Drops Out of Independence Bowl

[UNTLifer]

La Tech sucks. 

These bowls are ridiculous with their pricing.  It is the equivalent to selling out an Elvis concert only to get this. 
 

[NT80]

4 hours ago, Wag Tag said:

Bowl games have no meaning. When is G5 going to wake up and create their own playoffs?

They have meaning to fans of a program.  I'd much rather us get the extra practice reps for the players that are staying and finish 7-6 than 6-7.  

The problem is, with the Portal, the teams selected to the Bowls and the teams playing in the Bowls are not the same.

Florida State last year 13-0, ACC Champs>Orange Bowl.  >  (After Portal) loses 63-3 to Georgia.  Not the same team!

[Stix]

32 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

La Tech sucks. 

These bowls are ridiculous with their pricing.  It is the equivalent to selling out an Elvis concert only to get this. 
 

SNL 11/04/78 - Elvis Presley's Coat

 

[Hunter Green]

7 hours ago, SUMG said:

La. Tech (5-7) is taking the spot.....Brett McMurphy

In sure Army is thrilled with that choice. They lost their rivalry game, but this has to put a damper on a 10-2 season and AAC championship. This entire system needs to be scrapped and then start over.

Edited 16 hours ago by Hunter Green

[NT80]

1 minute ago, Hunter Green said:

In sure Army is thrilled with that choice. They lost their rivalry game, but this has to put a damper on and 11-2 season and AAC championship. This entire system needs to be scrapped and then start over.

The Fat Cats (SEC, Big10) have control of the Golden Goose (CFP)...

they really don't care what happens to the rest.

 

[Shark84]

Until they do contracts, players will continue to skip playing in bowl games.

[DentonStang]

This is just a sign of catastrophic problems in that program. It's a one-off. FSU had issues because they massively screwed up their very high dollar portal haul with bad culture guys and ill-fit to scheme guys. 

These aren't new problems, they are just being made visible quicker.  Good. Players can leave a bad situation or a situation where they aren't being paid a fair NIL wage and go elsewhere,  rather than waist their college years in a disaster program.

[cogido]

8 hours ago, Coffee and TV said:

What a payoff for Army: finish 10-2, win your conference and get a 5-7 team in Shreveport.

Right. It does suck for Army .
 QUESTION:  Do the academies have portal bailouts the way the other schools do? My guess is not so much (?) due to their future career connections.  Since the vast majority of players in most colleges will never make an NFL check it  appears that most just want to chase a little fast cash while they still have a couple of football years left in their futures.

[rcade]

I'd rather have a transfer portal window after the spring semester than one before the bowls. Force players who want to transfer to do it in the summer. The players who stayed get the benefit of spring practice and longer offseason time with their teammates.

[untjim1995]

When this news came out, that Marshall couldn’t play in the game, I figured one of two things would happen:

1.) La Tech would get in the game for attendance purposes.

or

2.) The I-Bowl would go ask the closest SEC school with a losing record to come play, like Mississippi State, just to get a bigger chance at an attendance boost.

[RBP79]

10 hours ago, cogido said:

Right. It does suck for Army .
 QUESTION:  Do the academies have portal bailouts the way the other schools do? My guess is not so much (?) due to their future career connections.  Since the vast majority of players in most colleges will never make an NFL check it  appears that most just want to chase a little fast cash while they still have a couple of football years left in their futures.

Your signing a contract. You owe whatever branch 6 years/8 total unless for the good of the service they reduce it. Individual can also make request for early out. Most that are approved are placed in Indivdual Ready Reserve.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by RBP79

[NT80]

12 hours ago, DentonStang said:

a situation where they aren't being paid a fair NIL wage and go elsewhere

It’s not a JOB.  It’s playing a game in exchange for a FREE education. 

[meaniegreenie]

22 hours ago, BigWillie said:

I know several on here have mentioned to move the transfer portal until after bowl games, but if a player has already decided to go into the portal, they still would just choose to sit out the bowl until the portal opens.

The portal itself is the problem. It's pretty much killed bowls college football (unless you're a T-shirt fan of P2s).

FIFY

Edited 2 hours ago by meaniegreenie

[EAGLE83]

If G5 DID THEIR OWN THING. That is how 1aa happened . I still regreat my vote on that issue. I wanted to help Basketball and the minor sports.Do not go back to a smaller division.Money would dry up fast.

[wardly]

50 minutes ago, NT80 said:

It’s not a JOB.  It’s playing a game in exchange for a FREE education. 

The athletics are performing a service in exchange for an education so it's not exactly free.

[UNTLifer]

14 hours ago, DentonStang said:

…where they aren't being paid a fair NIL wage and go elsewhere,  rather than waist their college years in a disaster program.

1.  The NIL isn’t supposed to provide the players a fair wage. It is supposed to allow them to take advantage of their name, image and likeness for marketing opportunities and to be paid by the video games for using their name and likeness in the games.  It is not a wage for playing, but leave it to smuT to find a way to gain the system. 

2.  Wasting your college years is not getting an education.