My view is that if you are a projected 1st or 2nd round pick and you are playing in a useless bowl then I don't have a problem skipping the bowl to prepare for the draft.
JJ Enagbare says goodbye
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I’m glad you weren’t advising Clowney then, we would have never beaten Michigan in our bowl game and he was the number 1 projected pick in the draft.
Assuming that was addressed to me....because not all players have the opportunities that Enagbare has to continue his career at a higher level and it is a nice reward for those players and the fans.
Enagbare came back to play his senior year....Clowney did not. And if Clowney didn't have the PTD policy through the ESDI program, he probably wouldn't have played his junior year.
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Are you honestly comparing Engabare to Clowney in talent and NFL draft status? There was a reason Clowney played only 3 yrs. I’m curious why Enagbare played this season at all then without those policies, wasn’t he draft eligible last year?
Believe he was only a second/third round projected pick at the end of last year. He came back to improve his status...and is now projected to be 1st round from what I've understood.
And YOU brought up Clowney....who considered sitting out his junior year.
Yet he didn’t, he played the full season and a meaningless bowl game. Why does it matter what he considered, he considered going to Bama or the taters out of high school, yet that didn’t matter nor does it in this context.
Pay the nice hefty premium for a Lloyd's of London PTD insurance policy and Enagbare would probably reconsider. That is what Clowney had his junior year, else his "consideration" most likely would have become a reality.
Knew he was behind Pickett from Pitt and maybe the kid from Cincy, but haven't looked to see how far Howell has fallen.
Logically speaking, that's exactly the conclusion you have to reach. The bowls aren't derivative at all if the teams that play in them aren't the same teams that qualify for them.
“Most likely”, all speculation because what did happen is real history, not speculation. I wish we had more Sam Howells or Matt Corrals on the team. Corral could be the first QB taken (a definite first rounder) in the draft this year, Ole Miss isn’t in the CFP yet he’s playing in their bowl game.
What is not speculation is that the university purchased a PTD insurance policy for Clowney to play his junior year.....eventhough he wasn't eligible for the draft after his sophomore year.
The university purchased it? Is that legal? If that’s the case why doesn’t the university purchase it for all players who are projected to be drafted. Or is it reserved for just players projected in first round, or top 5 picks etc….why didn’t the university purchase one for Enagbare if he is a first rounder?
Lattimore had one as well. I don't know who purchased it, but it paid out for him. Still wasn't nearly what he would have made with an NFL contract. That's why I don't judge guys that are projected to be draft picks (and especially high round) sitting out the bowl game. Disappointed as a fan, of course, but it isn't my money on the line.
Technically the student does through the Student Assistance Fund. Its only recommended if you are projected to be one of the top 10 picks...as Clowney was....but it is available for projected first round picks, though it get more difficult to prove loss of value the further down you are projected. It is purchased for the whole year and at the first of the year Enagbare wasn't considered to be a potential first round pick. Way too expensive to purchase for one game.
You stated earlier the University purchased it, not the student. If the university purchased Clowney’s as you stated then they should for Enagbare as well.
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Sorry, should have said the University arranges it....there is an assistance fund that pays for it. Excuse me for my slip in memory....its been a while since I worked in an ADs office.
An absolutely NO ONE is going to purchase a policy for ONE game. Sorry, that just isn't going to happen.,,,even if you could buy one, which I am not even sure you of as I have never heard of anyone doing so.
I don’t believe he did but some sports journalists were proposing that he sit out the year.
Sure was. I believe those rumors started at the propaganda machine in the Upstate, also known as Clemson.
Wouldn't surprise me....nor would it if one or more were trying to convince him or his family to do just that.
It's a piss poor excuse for any player to skips the bowl game just because they are being drafted...
Spencer Rattler is not playing in Oklahoma's bowl game. Got a problem with that? Boy, fans are so hypocritical on issues like this. To one fan base, you're a hero. To another, you are quitter that I don't respect. Players are just doing what they see. Everyone else is doing what's best for themselves. Now that the players have a few options, they are doing the same.
