So playing in a meaningless game on the worst team in college football should trump working towards your possible future professional career? Maybe I'm off base but I understand their decision.
Blackshear should take the C off of his uniform
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I mean he will be asked those questions by NFL guys. Hampton balled his ass off during 1-11 and he was captain.
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I do think it is the right of the players to ask for it in today's set of rules. However, if I am a quality NFL program, I would ask about this to understand their thinking when tough times are ahead. I don't think a Coach like Belachik would be interested in such players.
8 games left in the season. Need 5 wins for a bowl game. You decide you have no shot and season is a waste of your career. You think you deserve to keep a captains C for this season?
Give Pacheco the captaincy. If the team sucks the captains job is to rally the troops, not be a healthy scratch.
Let me guess... You've never played a team sport.
They committed to play on this team and for this year, didn't they? Their decisions are their decisions, but are selfish and classless. Their scholarships should be ripped out from under their feet if the overall goal is to transfer out.
Number 1 is the true leader, that kid is a superstar and after reading into his story, I see why he wouldn’t leave.
I don't. This isn't a teammate, rather a selfish individual move. I don't know how it is today but back in my day of playing that player would have been ostracized. But I must say the rules and time was different back then. So it's really hard for me to understand these types of selfish moves as being a good thing.
Based on the presser, I'd say Blackshear's decision took Campanile by surprise.
Did they take an oath or something? I was in the military and am now in law enforcement. Those are commitments. These are 19-20 year old kids playing a game.. just my 2 cents.
Well I was in the military, deployed overseas and am now a law enforcement officer. So yes, I've been part of teams, probably moreso than you'll ever understand (unless you have the same experience). These are kids playing a game.. give it a rest.
If what you say is true, your comments are even more puzzling, because members of a sports team also abide by "leave no man behind". Different circumstances, but a brotherhood nonetheless.
Yeah ah oh. Playing college football at this level is just game. These kids are worshiped, spoiled, treated like God on campus, special treatment left and right....housing, meals. Acedemic support, .... This behavior is PATHETIC and explains the complete lack,of commitment we've seen in game. F em.
An oath? Probably nothing like the hippocratic one or anything similar. What they did do is sign a legally binding commitment letter. I dont know the specifics of it but I think it goes something like "I agree to play for your school and your school takes care of me."
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I’ve changed my mind on this. Given him bailing on the team during warmups. If he had talked to the coach ahead of time like AS so there was more time to prepare it would be different. Doing it hours before the game is leaving his team mates in the cold.
They are talking a good game about supporting him but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up being persona non grata. Especially as the season wears on.
Keeping him will divide the team. He and AS should be given the opportunity to change their minds and if he doesn’t he should be removed from the team and charged tuition, room and board - pro rated if he wants to stay on campus.
I’m kinda half kidding but not really.
They are talking a good game about supporting him but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up being persona non grata. Especially as the season wears on.
Keeping him will divide the team. He and AS should be given the opportunity to change their minds and if he doesn’t he should be removed from the team and charged tuition, room and board - pro rated if he wants to stay on campus.
I’m kinda half kidding but not really.
Please stop comparing military brotherhood to athletic teamsmanship. They are completely different things. The goal in the military is to accomplish an objective while defending your fellow squad members and country. The objectives in college athletics are to play a game, develop friendships and if you're blessed with enough skill, play professionally. That's it. Like most in today's culture, you're both misapplying and exaggerating the word brotherhood in sports. It's a game and it's just entertainment. The only ramifications of Blacksheer's actions are that the team might lose by a greater margin than if he had played. That's all. Let the kid make whatever decisions he sees fit. Stop judging him for not making a "commitment" to playing in a game when most of us don't know him and his circumstances, and don't really consider the well being of our players outside of the context of hoping they win games for our entertainment on Saturdays.
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They are only deified by people like you that are making this a big deal, judging by the visceral reaction of your message.
Yup that's right. And I'm untitled to my opinion and to those I choose to support.
In my opinion you're totally understating the significance because you want to measure it against war.
LMAO. Thank you for your service but you're dead wrong here. And I'm shocked that someone who served is so cavalier to excuse quitting like this.
Anyway guys, good debating with y'all. I have my opinions on Rutgers, it's athletics program and Hobbs' hiring capabilities. Let me just say that although I think Hobbs has certain valuable qualities, I don't think he has learned the specific criteria needed to hire the type of football coach Rutgers needs.. I hope I'm wrong, and one day I'd love to have role in helping RU make these decisions. Have a good night.
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You've never played on a sports team. Maybe you're bitter about that, I don't know, but it's a lot more than "a game" to the athletes.
Lol ok buddy. If that's the extent of your response to my post, it's not worth my time continuing this convo. And I actually did play football in high school.
Imagine how his teammates fell. Dude was warming up then decides not to play after being part of the game plan all week.
Even the announcer was questioning his heart.
Even the announcer was questioning his heart.
Would you consider Nick Saban a leader, remember he left a NFL team to go back to college. Coaches can leave when they have a better opportunity, why not the players. JJ made the right decision, he will get drafted after a year at O State.
As of Monday at 9:00 AM, he should have two choices. Either he decides he is back on the team as a full practice and game day player or he decides he isn’t. If he decides he isn’t, he has three days to come up with the room, board, and tuition for two-thirds of the semester. If he doesn’t come up with it, he has 24 hours to get his garbage out of his room or it will be donated to Salvation Army or Goodwill. And he has to leave the campus forever.
No comparison. You have four seasons of eligibility, and this one is being wasted. Different dynamic.
Belichick was interested in Antonio Brown, after all. Can’t get any more Me Me Me than that
Yes i would. He completed 2 seasons in the NFL before going back to college. He did not quit mid season. He is no Bobby Petrino
I agree. These guys talk about a brotherhood and being brothers, but they don’t act like it.
People make bad decisions. Brothers help, guide and confront each other when a bad decision is being made. Brothers help each other to do the right thing. Brothers DO NOT blindly support the bad decision.
This whole team needs to put their big boy pants on and grow up!
College athletics is essentially a multi billion dollar industry.
That aside..... Not sure if you have kids, but lets play out your angle that its "just a game". Lets say your kid is the best pitcher on his little league travel team, but they are not very good.....with zero wins mid season and getting beat every game. Do you take him to the next game that he is scheduled to be the starting pitcher, have him warm up and then pull him during warm ups and tell the coach he needs to sit the bench until further notice and not play so you can weigh his options about trying out for a team in another town?
Good point re Brown. I think he thought he could rehab him like Moss. Missed on that.
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