I don’t blame him at all, and neither should you.

Nick Bosa made a business decision, one that any one of us would’ve made if we were in his spot.

That was the big news out of Columbus on Tuesday afternoon following a report from the Columbus Dispatch that the star Ohio State defensive lineman would not be returning from a core muscle injury to rejoin the team. That came a month after it was first announced that Bosa would have surgery and not return until at least November.

Now, Bosa isn’t returning to Ohio State at all. The Buckeyes announced that Bosa will withdraw from school to rehab and prepare for the NFL draft.

Considering the only things preventing the junior from being one of the top draft picks is an injury or an off-field incident, certainly it’s not surprising. Bosa was off to his best season yet with 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and a defensive touchdown.

Yet still, the Twitter trolls had a field day with Bosa’s decision to forgo the rest of his college career:

I understand that a few, “holier than thou” individuals don’t speak on behalf of the entire fanbase. Search Bosa’s name on Twitter and you’ll get plenty of Buckeye fans wishing him luck on the next level. As they should. The rest of this conversation isn’t about them. It’s about the people questioning Bosa’s move.

Y’all are ridiculous.

Claiming that Bosa “isn’t loyal” or is “a quitter” is about as naive as it gets. While the Twitter doctors were under the impression that the preseason All-American would absolutely be ready to return in mid-November, Bosa’s dad John — a former NFL player himself — told The Athletic that was by no means a definite return date following the major surgery.

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This also came out on Tuesday:

As it turned out, we probably should’ve realized at the time of the surgery that Bosa wasn’t coming back. The pressure on him to return and to do so ahead of schedule wouldn’t have meant that Ohio State was getting back an All-American. Is it rare to see someone make this move for a program that’s undefeated and hoping to play for a national championship? Sure, but Bosa’s move was the one any of us would make.

Well, that is, any of us who understand that one chop block could mean the combine, rookie training camp and possibly even the start of a rookie season could be washed away. There are no guarantees for any defensive end, as Bosa found out when he suffered a season-ending knee injury his senior year of high school.

And don’t give me the line about the insurance policy that Bosa could get. After tearing his ACL in the Orange Bowl, Jake Butt still lost roughly $2.8 million with the insurance policy. Bosa is obviously looking at a different kind of situation as a likely top-5 pick.

Bosa’s situation would be more like Jaylon Smith, who was projected to be a top-5 pick until he went down in the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State at the end of the 2015 season. Smith could’ve made approximately $24 million at that slot, which meant he missed out on $20 million guaranteed even with that $900,000 he collected from his insurance policy.

That’s life-changing money. And no, it doesn’t matter that the Bosa family isn’t hurting for money, especially now with Joey Bosa starring in the NFL. It’s interesting because in the same game that Smith suffered that catastrophic knee injury, the elder Bosa was ejected for targeting, which marked the end of his college career.

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Both Bosa brothers had bizarre endings to incredibly prolific careers at Ohio State. One was by choice, and the other was not. It doesn’t really matter.

Ohio State is still going to brag about the Bosa brothers in the recruiting world for years and years to come. They’d be foolish not to. Those two players wreaked more havoc on B1G offenses than anyone in the last 5 years. It’s strange to think about an Ohio State defense not having a Bosa rushing off the edge.

But all signs point to Nick following in his brother’s footsteps — I’m sure he enjoys that constant comparison — and making tens of millions of dollars at the next level. This is his opportunity. That money and that opportunity isn’t always going to be there. As much as it probably pained him to make this decision, it’s too hard to ignore that fact.

Hot take artists will debate if Bosa set a new precedent with his decision, or if Ohio State fans should be upset about it. That’s cool. They’re not the ones with an upcoming job interview for eight figures of guaranteed money.

So we can do this thing where we pretend like the brotherhood is what should matter most or we could wake up to the reality that this is a business. Everything. College football is a means to get that NFL paycheck, and to assume that decisions made on either level don’t involve money in some way is absurd.

When Ohio State uses a recruiting graphic to brag about Bosa making $24 million on his rookie contract along with all the other Buckeye draft picks, it’ll come back to money. Recruiting better players equals having a better team and filling that 100,000-seat stadium to make — you guessed it — money.

We should all understand how this works by now. It didn’t surprise Urban Meyer that Bosa elected to withdraw from school and avoid injury risk to prepare for the NFL draft.

Noteworthy? Absolutely. It’s a bummer that the best defensive player in America won’t play another game. But is it surprising? Not in the slightest.

If you’re an Ohio State fan red with fury that Bosa chose not to return the team, step back and look at the bigger picture. He made a business decision and a wise one at that. The same is true of any draft hopeful who chooses to sit out a bowl game. It’s their call to make because it’s their bank account — not yours — that’ll be impacted.

Claim that “college kids were different back in your day.” You know, back in the day when there wasn’t $24 million guaranteed sitting on the table. Or better yet, just continue to tweet dumb things and pretend like you have a clue what Bosa is going through.

I never mind a good laugh.