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This stuff about "They do receive compensation, so we can bag on them." is horse hockey.
Nobody said we could bag on them. You're just making that up. The vast majority of posters on here don't want to bag on anybody.
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For that matter, I believe 80% of the studentsa on campus receive some sort of scholly, of one size or another. Does that mean they are subject to being called out on their personal lives and decisions?
Nobody's suggesting that we should "call out" anybody's personal life or decisions, whatever that means. (Although I will remind you that when a former player was arrested this summer, we were all ready lock him up before his case even went to trial. Nobody mentioned calling out a player's personal life or decisions then.) The students not on academic scholarship don't do what they do on TV in front of millions (OK, hundreds, on CSTV) of fans every weekend with names on their jerseys and reporters in the press box. Most of them aren't on a full scholarship with room and board, either. And they surely don't have the same impact on TCU's public image that football players do. That's just reality.
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Talk about his football, or not at all. Since he ain't playing, I say not at all is fine.
Oh, because the absence of a top player has no impact on the team, right? And it's clearly not a distraction in any way... Talking about a player's--any player's--impact on the team isn't the same as calling out his personal life or decisions. Most of us here are mature enough to understand that. Most of us, not all...that's why we have mods.
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I think this focus on one player by the press, etc. is one of our problems this year.
Well, fans, players and coaches had better get used to it if we want to continue to bring in top recruits. Great players draw attention--imagine that.
By the way, I know that you're trying to be the biggest [ Arschloch] on the board now, but just remember that I've held that title for a long, long time and don't intend to give it up easily.