01/03/2024
A Florida State University fan had better NOT NEVER say a single thing about their record, who they recruit, who transfers out/in, the attendance at a game, merchandise sales, athletics, getting into college, or wearing garnett and gold.
I can't believe, although I really can, that Seminole fans are actually DEFENDING the actions/decisions of those players who opted out of the Orang Bowl!!!!!!
"They were screwed by the committee, so they decided not to play"
"They saw no need to play for a T-shirt and cap"
"They were upset because they were left out after going 13-0"
"They lost faith in the system after being snubbed by the committee"
Do you realize how many denials our ancestors GOT?!?!?
Do you realize how many odds they faced?!?!
The intimidation, threats of violence, and VIOLENCE?!?!?!
One of my regular customers at the ABC/Jax Liquors in Frenchtown would speak to me about his return from the Korean War and wearing his Navy uniform as he smoked a cigarette walking past the FSU Strozier Library and being set upon by white college students for walking on THEIR campus!
I remember when the Black Student Union was being evaluated for relevance in recent years. Shout out to Ben Crump for his two terms as president during my tenure at FAMU.
Amid this history, how can you just QUIT?!?!?
You didn't get picked as a starter...
You played a team that had home cooking with the refs...
You have a health setback or family issue...
You violate a team rule and get disciplined...
You have another player vying for your position...
I was taught in grade school not to quit, so I don't believe in it...
You can't be UNCONQUERED if you QUIT!
You have to FIGHT to be VICTORIOUS!
You must engage in battle to win or you just lie down and accept the rule of others over you (Sparta and the 300)...
I'm gloating, but I'm serious about those athletes who took the easy way out by opting out.
If you are NOT a top ten draft pick, then you take the field to make your perspective NFL team rethink you and your value. You do the same thing you did in high school to get the very scholarship that you walked out on. I think that they need to be made to repay their entire scholarship, if they don't have a medical reason for not playing in a bowl game. If you are saving yourself for the draft, then cut the check when you get that bonus.
I'm serious about this and YOU, as Seminole fans, shouldn't be so dismissive about their cavalier attitudes towards the program.
ALL those that opted out are TRUE semen holes, and I mean that.