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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Wanting attention or not wanting attention has nothing to do with people throwing stuff at your family before, during or after the game. I do not care if they held 100 press conferences every time they went to the bathroom or decided to get something to eat. Not a reason to act unsportsmanlike. Show some class.
I sure would feel differently. And not only would I feel differently, it has happen. There was a kid that was to go to Michigan and the minute the coach was fired, he went to Kentucky. If they ever played I would not hold up signs or throw things to demean the kid in any way. The #1 QB in the nation went to Ohio State instead of Michigan. Of course I will cheer against him, but I would not call him names or mistreat his family. I believe that when these kids sign on the dotted line, what they say means nothing. I guess if someone says they are going to buy a house and choose not to sign the papers on the contract, you think those people should be mistreated too. There is more to life than winning or losing a game.
Peace
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But you will probably boo more against a player who first says he will go to Michigan and then changes that later - right? Especially if that player makes a big show out of it and has a big media circus surrounding the whole changing and signing thing, than if the kid just quietly signed with Ohio State or Purdue or whoever...
And that's my point. When these "big name" athletes and their families do all this media-grabbing, they have to expect that there will be the negative sides to that also.
Just to be clear, since we seem to have some people on this thread who didn't do so well in their reading comprehension classes, the idiots who were talked about in the article should be dealt with. But the booing and catcalls should be expected by the people who put themselves out there.