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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Here is where you lost me. I do not know any student that is going to be and engineer that the media follows them around to find out what school they are going to in the summer. I also do not know the average student that goes to any university that is shown on national TV during their HS years doing anything unless they commit a crime; no one even knows who they are. There are kids right now you can read about all over the internet that people know more about them then some student that is not an athlete and no one cares what school they are going to except their family. Not the same issue. I am sorry, but he did not go to Illinois. That does not mean his family should be treated a certain way because fans of Illini do not like the kid.
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I was responding to fullor's comment about Gordon not wanting attention. If he and his family truly did not want attention, they would not have called a news conference to sign the letter of intent. They would not have spoken to spoken to the media at all. If he truly did not want attention, he would've attended a less-visible school. So, in that respect, I agree with rocky - if you want the attention, you have to be able to take the boos with the cheers.
Absolutely he and his family should
never be subjected to obcenities and things thrown at them. The people that did that were idiots. Those were not the average Illinois fans that I know. The ones I know just booed. Should Gordon and his family not expect to get booed, given the circumstances and how they played out? Nope; too bad for them they don't get love everywhere they go. But, you're right in that there is a line that should never be crossed.