They’re not slaves. It doesn’t quite work the way you think it does. Again there could have been more consequences but they could have still made those choices even with those consequences. And all that means is that they prioritized something above the team. Likely makes them a shitty teammate. Doesn’t make them evil or a bad person.
Did they waste donor money? I recall a national championship just the year before. I recall a lot of coverage surrounding Trey Lance and his draft prospects. It’s not as black and white as you want to make it. Again, I personally wish it never would have happened but I also am not going to vilify some young men who also seem to have done some very positive things as well.
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When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
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What was the team or ath. Dept. policy regarding these types of situations? Were there predetermined rules and resulting consequences if the rules were broken? If not, why? It sure as hell seems to me that it would be a real good idea to address that if you want those desired outcomes. Again, I really don’t agree with the decisions that the players made. There were better ways to prevent it or punish it. The donors punished the lack of leadership at the expense of numerous innocent kids.
Tony you better get in here or I’m going to do a politic.