Yep and as mentioned on here and elsewhere before, if the NCAA doesn't change themselves, the courts are going to make them. So it's just an inevitability at this point. NCAA fucked around for so long with their amateurism conceit that the train left the station and is halfway across the country with the NCAA still figuring out what they wanna pack for the trip.
This is it. Wish him the best but not while he is playing for a college not named Wake Forest. It’s fine with me Notre Dame loses every game next year even if it fucks up sams nfl prospects. If sam wants to bet on himself go ahead. But rooting for another “big name program” because one of our former players is there trying to do something he felt like he couldn’t do here is too lowf for me.
I’m more angry at the blind love and obsession of everyone towards our players that willingly leave. The KW3 obsession was maddening. I’m sure there will be a “Hartman tracker” thread next season too. Why are we rooting for these guys? I don’t wish them any ill will, but I’m not a ND fan so why would I root for him?
Because he played here for 5 years and graduated and set the Acc td record here. I’m not saying pull for him when he plays us but I don’t understand why you wouldn’t want him to be successful. Especially since I think I remember you posting that this was probably what the coaching staff wanted as well.
I’ve just never been a root for individual players person in any sports. I root for my teams and that’s it.
Do you pull for Wake guys in the nfl?
Nope. I don’t have an NFL team either so I don’t follow the NFL.
It just seems weird to me to be only care about a human in terms of what they can do to benefit your university’s football team.
I mean, that’s not what I said. I’ll root for him as a person. I was thrilled to see CP3 graduate. Don’t really care about what he’s done in the NBA. I hope Sam uses his platform and degrees to do well. I don’t care what else he does related to athletics. I don’t equate their performance on the field with caring about them as a human being. Rooting for him at ND is still just rooting for his performance on the field. Not for him as a human. I also don’t know the guy so it’s hard to really care about him outside of my rooting interest.
It seems weird you find this weird. There are like 10 billion people on this planet. Can only seriously invest my energy into so many of them. But why would a 20 something year old someone named Sam be of specific interest if not a quarterback at wake? And now he’s not.
Who's mad at him? People are just saying - rightly so - that we shouldn't feel an obligation to root for him if he's transferring to a school that we compete against.
