HSanders
disgusted and pissed
Yeah it doesn't bother me if he opts out of a university fundraiser.
I agree the NCAA is corrupt, 100%.
Yes that game makes them money. Yes that whole deal sucks. Yes the game doesn't "mean"anything. I get intellectually why he didn't do it, or anything else.
It's still an actual team game, and he's not playing in it on purpose.
I'm sure his teammates coaches etc. all told him they were fine with it. I have heard the same thing. Do I think every one of them meant it? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe unlike him, some of them were being good teammates and supporting his decision. Maybe they support it, but have lost respect for him as a teammate. We will likely never know. And they are going their separate ways anyhow, it's not a team to which he is returning. So to an extent, I am sure he gives 0 fvcks what they think of him, and they give 0 fvcks about his teammatehood.
I want a guy with a more team first mentality when it comes to this sport. Everyone gets hurt, EVERYONE. It's not an individual sport like tennis or golf. If you won't play for your TEAMMATES (not the university, who cares about them, eff them) because you are too scared to get hurt, well, go take up tennis or golf.
It may not make "intellectual" sense to feel this way but it's the nature, the ESSENCE of the sport to me.