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I'm actually enjoying visualizing the fallout by gregmorrissey

this might actually be the thing that would cause Steven A Smith to literally explode.

For what it's worth (which let's be honest, is nothing), I agree with you that players should be more willing to sit out the end of season exhibition games -- or whole seasons for that matter like Clowney supposedly was going to.

And, I agree the games would be a farce. I just don't think it would cause financial issues for schools, conferences, coaches, or even TV in the short term.

Regardless, it's almost 100% certain that this won't actually occur. If Lebron James and the other NBA stars aren't willing to form their own basketball league then hundreds of broke college football players aren't going to be able to collude to sit out an end of season playoff.