@anotherparent posted:Some people on this site have said that if an NLI is signed, the player should keep the scholarship, stay at the school, and it might work out. Others have said that at that point it's goodbye baseball. But, there is no potentially serious disease involved in those cases. There are enough stories of abusive football coaches doing all kinds of things, that I wouldn't doubt that there are some who are letting it be known that if their players opt out this year, they can kiss playing time/football future goodbye. As we on here know, when people have worked their whole lives to get to a certain point, that's not something you want to hear, especially when there is a potentially serious disease involved.
Big difference between forcing someone to play vs not allowing to play. And then threatening if you don’t play now, you’ll never play again? If coach wants ya to play that bad, ya got skills. If ya got skills, you’ll play next season. Coaches aren’t risking their livelihoods for non-skilled players. Think of all the college football players breaking the law, etc. Coaches move heaven and earth to keep football skill on the field. Also, what happens in baseball, doesn’t translate to football. Football is a different animal.
I’m not buying it!