I think the fact that he's playing in the bowl game shows 1) he just wants to play and 2) it just shows more of the drive and commitment that's gotten him to where he his.
I'm not gonna' fault him for leaving if they aren't rewarding him with a scholarship and especially if it looks like he isn't going to be in the main rotation next year. That feels like "thanks for bailing us out, now go sit down."
Too many "player-whisperers" these days telling kids what they should do next in their career.
I'd like to see more data about players that left a program for NIL/more playing time on what the return on their investment was. If they had a do-over would they make different decisions or was it really the right move? Do players that change schools every year really have a loyalty to any of them when their playing days are over?
There is a lot of collateral damage in this Portal and NIL era.
Fan-withdrawal because of PTSD associated with transferring key players will cause less emotional investment, and eventually less $$ investment in the program they follow.
NIL donation requests, ticket surcharges, and pleas from ADs has displaced asking for donations for brick and mortar projects.
Player buy-in to a coaching staff and program has been replaced with NIL buy-out of the players.
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