Did Ohio State Football Have Spring Holdouts Disguised as Injuries?
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🗓️ 22 May 2026
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Summary
🚨 Did Ohio State Have SPRING HOLDOUTS?! 👀 | Injuries or Something More?
A major question is starting to circulate around Ohio State Buckeyes football spring football:
👉 Were some "injuries" actually spring holdouts?
With NIL negotiations, transfer portal leverage, and player empowerment changing college football, fans are beginning to wonder if every player missing spring action was truly sidelined for football reasons.
👉 Is this just normal roster management?
👉 Could NIL disputes be playing a role behind the scenes?
👉 How is Ryan Day handling the modern era of college football?
In this episode, we break down the rumors, the context surrounding spring absences, and what it could mean for Ohio State moving forward.
🔥 In This Episode
• Which Ohio State players missed spring action
• Why fans are questioning certain "injuries"
• NIL and transfer portal impact on player participation
• How holdouts are changing college football
• What Ryan Day and coaches have said publicly
• Should Buckeye fans actually be concerned?
• How this compares to what's happening nationally
• What this means for the 2026 season
📊 Program Breakdown
NIL influence • roster management • player leverage • transfer portal dynamics • team culture • Big Ten outlook
💬 Join the Debate
Do you think college football is headed toward NFL-style holdouts?
Are these concerns overblown… or very real?
Drop your thoughts in the comments — we'll feature the best takes in the next episode.
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| 0:00.0 | It is a fine Friday, May 22nd. |
| 0:05.0 | Well, shit, it's almost June. |
| 0:07.4 | This is crazy. |
| 0:08.6 | I had a wonderful morning this morning. |
| 0:11.6 | I got to go listen to my little girl, my 14 year old, |
| 0:14.8 | 5 foot 10 little girl. |
| 0:16.3 | I always call her little girl and people are like, |
| 0:18.8 | she is not little and I'm like, I know, but this. |
| 0:20.6 | Paul. Give her hero speech. I always call her little girl and people were like, she is not little. And I'm like, I know, but that's cool. |
| 0:22.4 | Give her hero speech. |
| 0:24.6 | And it was a tearjerker. |
| 0:26.3 | She did an amazing job. |
| 0:27.8 | She really is incredible. |
| 0:30.5 | And I found out some news that I don't want her to find out about. |
| 0:34.0 | But she's really an impressive young lady. |
| 0:36.6 | And she picked her older brother as her |
| 0:38.8 | hero which i thought was really cool her speech was great um but school's almost out for the |
| 0:45.2 | summer should my kids last day is next thursday what about your siblings chris what do they get |
| 0:51.8 | out i don't know they can keep them forever as far as I'm just Thursday. I think the 28th is that next Thursday? Yeah, that's next Thursday or Friday. Yeah, 20 seconds today. So, yeah, 28th is next Thursday. Okay, so I think that's their last day as well. I'm not super sure, though. That's so dumb that they make them go back for like three days they've |
| 1:11.4 | all monday for memorial day it's really bizarre i mean olintangie you used to i mean every every |
| 1:16.8 | summer that that we've had that since cam started kindergarten they got out of school the |
| 1:22.0 | Thursday before memorial day weekend so it was like double celebration right you got memorial |
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