During this year’s college football bowl season, the spotlight turned away from the actual games and towards conversations surrounding star players skipping bowl games. LSU running back, Leonard Fournette and Stanford running back, Christian McCaffrey both decided to skip the final game of their collegiate career in fear of injuring themselves prior to the NFL draft- a highly controversial move that makes sense. While these players receive an incredible athletic and academic experience playing college football, there’s one goal on these players’ minds: the league. Players are willing to put their body on the line while these universities are making millions of dollars off them just for the chance to a part of the 1.6% of college football players to be drafted by an NFL team. These players dream of the NFL for several reasons, whether it’s the love of the game, competitive drive, or simply support their family. However, what they all have in common is their talent is worth a substantial amount of money. After 10 plus years of playing the game, it’s time to cash in.
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August KlattSenior at the University of Michigan studying Economics and Applied Statistics CategoriesArchives |