The Suffering Save Games' title='The Suffering Save Games' />How the new redshirt proposal could save college bowl games. In the wake of running backs Leonard Fournette and Christian Mc. Caffrey being selected among the top eight picks of last months NFL Draft, its now inevitable that more and more high round prospects will start skipping their last bowl game to avoid injuries. Which is completely understandable, but at the same time foreboding for some 3. Back in December, one of my Mailbag readers proposed an intriguing idea to renew interest in some of the non playoff bowl games Allow teams to play their redshirted freshmen. I loved it, and Ive since seen others suggest the same. It turns out, months later, theres already a rules change in the works that would allow that very thing albeit for reasons far beyond players skipping bowl games. Article continues below. The American Football Coaches Association is forwarding a proposal to the NCAA that would allow players to participate in up to four games of a season without burning their redshirt year. If passed, theoretically, a coach could unleash his touted four star freshman running back in the Tax. Slayer Bowl. I think that would be pretty intriguing to some of the fan bases, said AFCA executive director Todd Berry, which might legitimize some of those bowl games and make them more interesting. Following the AFCAs board meetings last week in Phoenix, Berry said that while Mc. The Suffering Save Games' title='The Suffering Save Games' />Caffrey and Fournette made headlines, players shutting it down before a lower tier bowl game is not a new thing. While those particular stars dealt with legitimate health issues last season, others in the past might develop a magic injury right before the bowl. In many cases, the freshmen redshirting are far more excited to be there than the graduating seniors. One could argue that playing redshirts is not what the bowl games are for, said Berry. Well, it is now. We lost this idea that every bowl game mattered a long time ago. But bowl games arent the primary impetus behind Berrys proposal, one he says garnered unanimous support at the AFCAs convention last January. With the season getting ever longer 1. At which point they may face the desperation decision of lifting a guys redshirt late in the season and thus burning an entire year of eligibility. Last season, Ole Miss did that with touted freshman quarterback Shea Patterson when starter Chad Kelly went down in early November. Since the Rebels missed a bowl game, Pattersons freshman season consisted of three games. Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. 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Demographics, Medicaid, and competition are making traditional rest homes less attractive, writes Betsy Rust. The American Football Coaches Association is forwarding a proposal to the NCAA that would allow players to participate in up to four games of a season without burning. Bears Zach Miller underwent urgent surgery Sunday night to save leg after gruesome injury. Elsewhere, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen had to play freshman Martell Pettaway for the first time in the Mountaineers second to last regular season game against Iowa State after his top three running backs got hurt. Pettaway burst for 1. Russell Athletic Bowl. Thus became his freshman season. We really havent addressed the redshirt rule in quite some time, Holgorsen said after commissioner Bob Bowlsby briefed coaches on the proposal at last weeks Big 1. Were playing way more games than we used to there used to be a 1. Theyre looking at it, and I would support it. The AFCAs proposal falls somewhere between the current five years to play four model and that of those like Florida States Jimbo Fisher whove advocated for simply giving guys five years of eligibility. Players would have to be members of the team at the start of the season December enrollees could not come in and immediately suit up for the bowl game. The rule would eliminate the need for injured players to apply for medical redshirts. Advocates believe allowing redshirts on the field for a few games could also help prevent injuries by allowing their main contributors more rest. It benefits everybody on the team, said Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald. If I can get star running back Justin Jackson off the field for 2. Its going to benefit him in the short term, and its going to benefit his NFL career. Even given the option, coaches wouldnt necessarily rush to put their entire freshman class on the field. Many simply arent ready, even by seasons end. Which Holgorsen offers as another reason why the proposal makes sense. If you think the kid is ready to play, and he goes out there in September but hes scared to death, goes out there and plays two series and s down his leg, now youre stuck with him, and the kids screwed. He may not play the rest of the year and hes burned that year. Fitzgerald likes the idea of using that carrot You get to play four games, but youve got to earn it as a motivator. And Berry said studies show players perform better academically the more engaged they feel with the team. If youve got a young man whos really working hard but hes not ready for primetime yet, but his parents are there in the stands and youve got a game that is under control and you want to put him in for a few snaps I think thats great, said Berry. To me, everything about this discussion is a net positive for the student athlete and a net positive for college football. And yet, this is the first time Berry has sensed any traction for a proposal he said he first began pushing nearly a decade ago. The former Army 2. Louisiana Monroe 2. AFCAs full time executive director just last year. But first, it must go through the NCAAs exhaustive legislative cycle. First up, the newly formed Division I Football Competition Committee, chaired by Arizona State AD Ray Anderson, will discuss the proposal at its May 1. If theyre on board, they forward the proposal to Division Is Football Oversight Committee, chaired by Bowlsby. That committee could then formally sponsor legislation to be considered by the larger Division I Council, with the possibility of going up for vote at Januarys NCAA convention. Veronica Top 1000 2008 on this page. By then, we will have gone through another bowl season and found out just how widespread the skipping bowls option has become and whether treating them as a pseudo audition for next season just might renew fans interest. Bruce Feldman contributed reporting. Barack Obama. Photo credit The Associated Press. The sentence I hear most from well meaning, conservative friends since President Trumps election is this We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama. Fair enough. Lets take a look. The day Obama took office, the Dow closed at 7,9. Eight years later, the Dow had almost tripled. General Motors and Chrysler were on the brink of bankruptcy, with Ford not far behind, and their failure, along with their supply chains, would have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Obama pushed through a controversial, 8o billion bailout to save the car industry. The U. S. car industry survived, started making money again, and the entire 8. While we remain vulnerable to lone wolf attacks, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully executed a mass attack here since 91. Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. He drew down the number of troops from 1. Iraq and Afghanistan to just 1. Department of Veterans Affairs. He launched a program called Opening Doors which, since 2. He set a record 7. Due to Obamas regulatory policies, greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 1. He signed The Lilly Ledbetter Act, making it easier for women to sue employers for unequal pay. His Omnibus Public Lands Management Act designated more than 2 million acres as wilderness, creating thousands of miles of trails and protecting over 1,0. He reduced the federal deficit from 9. GDP in 2. 00. 9 to 3. For all the inadequacies of the Affordable Care Act, we seem to have forgotten that, before the ACA, you could be denied coverage for a pre existing condition and kids could not stay on their parents policies up to age 2. Obama approved a 1. New Orleans. All this, even as our own Mitch Mc. Connell famously asserted that his singular mission would be to block anything President Obama tried to do. While Obama failed on his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, that prisons population decreased from 2. He expanded funding for embryonic stem cell research, supporting groundbreaking advancement in areas like spinal injury treatment and cancer. Credit card companies can no longer charge hidden fees or raise interest rates without advance notice. Most years, Obama threw a 4th of July party for military families. He held babies, played games with children, served barbecue, and led the singing of Happy Birthday to his daughter Malia, who was born on July 4. Welfare spending is down for every 1. Obama comforted families and communities following more than a dozen mass shootings. After Sandy Hook, he said, The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 1. Yet, he never took away anyones guns. He sang Amazing Grace, spontaneously, at the altar. He was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two terms without personal or political scandal. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. President Obama was not perfect, as no man and no president is, and you can certainly disagree with his political ideologies. But to say we suffered If thats the argument, if this is how we suffered for 8 years under Barack Obama, I have one wish may we be so fortunate as to suffer 8 more.