Royal Purple

Originally posted by

Great Article

Let's face the facts, it's D3 football we're playing here at Whitewater. You guys aren't going to make an NFL team, and many of you would be lucky to make it on an AF2 team (Yes, that is a lower division than the AFL).

I find it ridiculous that an athlete on campus refused to show an ID at the Williams Center. Just because you play D3 ball doesn't mean you aren't a student and don't have to follow the same conduct every other student does.

Let's grow up guys and act like professionals, because face it you're not going to the NFL and you'll have to scan your ID wherever you work in the future to get into the office building so you better get used to it now.

Thanks for having the guts to write this article Michael, I'm sure you'll get harassed by more than one football player in the future for it.

Originally posted by

Great Article

Let's face the facts, it's D3 football we're playing here at Whitewater. You guys aren't going to make an NFL team, and many of you would be lucky to make it on an AF2 team (Yes, that is a lower division than the AFL).

I find it ridiculous that an athlete on campus refused to show an ID at the Williams Center. Just because you play D3 ball doesn't mean you aren't a student and don't have to follow the same conduct every other student does.

Let's grow up guys and act like professionals, because face it you're not going to the NFL and you'll have to scan your ID wherever you work in the future to get into the office building so you better get used to it now.

Thanks for having the guts to write this article Michael, I'm sure you'll get harassed by more than one football player in the future for it.

Originally posted by

football players are special

pretty ridiculous that they had call in the po-pos for one whiny football player. i wish i knew who it was.

this writer is also by far the best one the rp has, every time he writes a column it's either really funny or thought provoking, i really wish he would do them more often

Originally posted by

siyavash motamedi

I agree totally. If you cannot count on the administration (adults) in this situation to teach these guys a lesson on what I call common respect, down the road that lack of respect towards authority (or anyone for that matter) can eventually lead to bigger consequences. It is the job of the university to instill good values to these young men and remind them they are not above the law or any rules which were created. I can only hope they realize that type of behavior will not get them very far.

Originally posted by

Ryan

In response to some of the comments, how can you be so sure it was a football player? The author just said they were athletes.

Originally posted by

Ryan

In response to some of the comments, how can you be so sure it was a football player? The author just said they were athletes. Although I guess it is not that far of a leap to make.

In any case I commend the author because this took some major balls.

Originally posted by

Paul

Right on the money with some of these guys - I bet this article won't make you popular with the football team. I would love to know which fool refused to pull out his id. This guy needs to write more articles, I don't see him often enough in the RP, props to the best writer at the RP!!

Originally posted by

Humberto Fuente

Although I tend to agree with the people posting here and the article ... Not handing over an ID seems pretty trivial. Maybe if they got free parking or meals or something it would be more outrageous.

I don't think being a D3 athlete is even worth it, they practice, work out and go to class all the time. So they have less time for school, or to work to pay for it. Not all of them can have rich parents. This is how I rationalize it for myself that they may get mild perks.

Even if some of them are jeks, I have to believe they are going to have a harder time than the rest of us after college and are probably more poor than us, so I let it fly. What is really annoying is all the loud grunting and dropping of heavy weights they do in the weight room.

Originally posted by

Humberto Fuente

Although I tend to agree with the people posting here and the article ... Not handing over an ID seems pretty trivial. Maybe if they got free parking or meals or something it would be more outrageous.

I don't think being a D3 athlete is even worth it, they practice, work out and go to class all the time. So they have less time for school, or to work to pay for it. Not all of them can have rich parents. This is how I rationalize it for myself that they may get mild perks.

Even if some of them are jeks, I have to believe they are going to have a harder time than the rest of us after college and are probably more poor than us, so I let it fly. What is really annoying is all the loud grunting and dropping of heavy weights they do in the weight room.

Originally posted by

I wouldn't have integerity if I got free underarmer

Majority of athletes (but mostly just one sport) are enjoying UWW with such a high power trip, incidents like the one of the weight room, probably have no effect.
I have been in classes with athletes who have shown up not more then 10 times a whole semester to a M/W/F, some of which include labs that they also do not come too. Within this class, If you miss more then three you drop a letter grade. I doubt these "student" athletes score a 100% on their tests. Yet they pass and continue forward to the next semester and the same thing happens again.
Please, tell me who your adviser is so I don't have to try so hard. Or better yet, should I practice more on my throwing arm?

Originally posted by

T-Bones

I don't know who you think you are getting on your high horse talking trash about our athletes. You don't know the whole story, and are making moronic assumptions. The athlete you're attacking didn't even have his ID with him because he forgot to bring it with him. Where do you get off trying to make our athletes look bad when they make us look good in their athletic events. You sound like a jealous guy with no athletic ability who is pissed off that you don't get the "preferential treatment" you are accusing athletes of getting. Stop your whining and be a man!!!

Originally posted by

T-Bones

I don't know who you think you are getting on your high horse talking trash about our athletes. You don't know the whole story, and are making moronic assumptions. The athlete you're attacking didn't even have his ID with him because he forgot to bring it with him. Where do you get off trying to make our athletes look bad when they make us look good in their athletic events. You sound like a jealous guy with no athletic ability who is pissed off that you don't get the "preferential treatment" you are accusing athletes of getting. Stop your whining and be a man!!!

Originally posted by

T-Bones

I don't know who you think you are getting on your high horse talking trash about our athletes. You don't know the whole story, and are making moronic assumptions. The athlete you're attacking didn't even have his ID with him because he forgot to bring it with him. Where do you get off trying to make our athletes look bad when they make us look good in their athletic events. You sound like a jealous guy with no athletic ability who is pissed off that you don't get the "preferential treatment" you are accusing athletes of getting. Stop your whining and be a man!!!

Originally posted by

T-Bones

I don't know who you think you are getting on your high horse talking trash about our athletes. You don't know the whole story, and are making moronic assumptions. The athlete you're attacking didn't even have his ID with him because he forgot to bring it with him. Where do you get off trying to make our athletes look bad when they make us look good in their athletic events. You sound like a jealous guy with no athletic ability who is pissed off that you don't get the "preferential treatment" you are accusing athletes of getting. Stop your whining and be a man!!!

Originally posted by

T-Bones

I don't know who you think you are getting on your high horse talking trash about our athletes. You don't know the whole story, and are making moronic assumptions. The athlete you're attacking didn't even have his ID with him because he forgot to bring it with him. Where do you get off trying to make our athletes look bad when they make us look good in their athletic events. You sound like a jealous guy with no athletic ability who is pissed off that you don't get the "preferential treatment" you are accusing athletes of getting. Stop your whining and be a man!!!

Originally posted by

don't judge

I definitely do not agree. You cannot judge all athletes just due to this one incident. Many athletes work hard in what they do and love. They are rewarded for their hard work through winning not through pampering.

Originally posted by

Anonymous

T Bone,

I work there and I know people. If the guy did not have his ID, the police would have made him leave. He turned it over and was allowed to stay. That was the ONLY reason he was allowed to stay.

I have a biased opinion because I have to defend my co-workers? No I don't, but it sounds like you have a biased opinion because you have to defend your teammates.

Originally posted by

Anonymous

T Bone,

I work there and I know people. If the guy did not have his ID, the police would have made him leave. He turned it over and was allowed to stay. That was the ONLY reason he was allowed to stay.

I have a biased opinion because I have to defend my co-workers? No I don't, but it sounds like you have a biased opinion because you have to defend your teammates.

Originally posted by

quita

This is just the beginning. I know for a fact that athletes have gotten things free in town - I have witnessed it!
Kudos to the RP for finally exposing something the wonderful world of D3 sports has been hiding - don't blame the RP for the word of mouth that's been going around for years.

Originally posted by

quita

This is just the beginning. I know for a fact that athletes have gotten things free in town - I have witnessed it!
Kudos to the RP for finally exposing something the wonderful world of D3 sports has been hiding - don't blame the RP for the word of mouth that's been going around for years.

Originally posted by

ITS A D3 SCHOOL

The football players can get over themselves. We're a D3 school! Do you even know what that means? You're basically playing at a high school level. Please get over yourselves. You football players act as if your national championship ring is from the freaking NFL. Well reality check. It's not, so please stop walking around like your **** don't stink, it does and so do you. Football players definitely needed this reality check.

Originally posted by

Great Article

Love the article and totally agree. I can't believe how a few D3 athletes feel like they can break university rules just because they're more physically gifted than the majority of people.
Their coach's reaction is even better. He could have silenced this whole thing by telling the paper that he would talk to the players about their behavior. That would have been it. The article made it quite clear that it is the coaches and adults who need to step up. Just shows that he's doing a great job of preparing his players for the rest of their lives.
An earlier comment mentioned those athletes needing to swipe a card at the office they work at. They'll be lucky to work at McDonald's. An office is beyond their reach.