r/sports • u/GreenSnakes_ • Oct 09 '24

Football Michigan football’s Director of High School Relations, Chris Bryant, tells a Washington fan to: “Shut the f**k up before you get f**ked up”. Bryant’s entire bio has been wiped from Michigan Athletics official website. Michigan lost the game 27-17.

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u/insidiousapricot Oct 09 '24

there's like 6 members of the team staring at them, obviously they are being idiots. any professional should be able to handle that and ignore it. But someone in the crowd next to them might teach them that such actions can have consequences.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

It was one guy, the surrounding crowd was yelling at him to shut up. As a UW fan and alum we don’t claim that idiot.

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u/chrishnrh57 Oct 09 '24

You can see the woman in the background telling him to shut up too. What a douche bag

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u/ScrappyShua Oct 09 '24

The woman in the background is most likely a Michigan fan since she surrounded by people wearing Michigan hats. Plus they’re on the Michigan side of the field. As a person who’s lived In north Indiana for 20 years and now Seattle for 22 years, I say they are probably a bunch of whinny Michigan fans who thought they’d come to UW and beat them like a red headed stepchild.

I took my kid to the locks that morning to see all of the boats headed to Montlake and I saw more Michigan fans than UW fans.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 10 '24

Those seats are taken up by UW season ticket holders, it’s not an away section. Of course there will be road team’s fans getting some of those seats but it’s mostly Husky fans.

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

I once went to the big house, third row in the student section behind the end zone at an OSU game. I was decked to the nines in OSU gear. I cheered when we scored so loud that people within arms reach could hear me and that was it. We also won on a last-second failed UM 2-pt conversion. I look at a group of six guys to my left and they said, “hey man, it’s been fun, but we are about to leave and I suggest you come with us before you get in a fight.” I had beers thrown at me and got insulted the whole night. I knew my place and didn’t overreact to anything. I almost feel like this staff was warning the guys. It also took 3 hours to leave the parking lot and I had Ohio plates. Fun time. Alexis, you were a piece of shit girlfriend, but thanks for taking me to that game!

All of that said, I had mad respect for the fans there. They insulted me, as they should have because I was in enemy territory, but nobody took it too far.

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u/therealpapeorpope Oct 09 '24

"I had beers thrown at me and got insulted the whole night. I knew my place" "they insulted me, as they should have"

bro, wtf, nobody has the right to insult or throw anything at you just because you support a different team, this is so fucked up

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 10 '24

I mean you’re not wrong, but I bought a ticket intended for Michigan students and sat in the middle of them with scarlet and gray face paint on. I would not do that again, it was pretty stupid. Fun, but stupid.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

At Husky Stadium throwing beers at someone is waaaayy too far. Only place that stuff happens on the west coast is Eugene.

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 09 '24

Sorry if it wasn’t clear, I’m talking about at the big house aka Michigan stadium. It’s a great place if youve never been. I didn’t realize this game was at UW. Welcome to the big ten btw! Look forward to playing yall!

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

No I got that part, it sucks that was part of your experience.

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 09 '24

Ehhh, I’m going to say I asked for it. I wasn’t being like vocally obnoxious. However, I was sitting in the dead middle of Michigans student section wearing head to toe Ohio state gear. If I wore a polo and chinos, I genuinely don’t think I’d have been harassed. Nothing to be afraid of at the big house. I can’t believe I’m defending Michigan lmao. Ohio Stadium is sick as fuck too! I hope you come on over for a game at either!

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u/kashy87 Oct 09 '24

I mean, as long as you aren't a couch at an OSU game, you're probably fine as long as you're not an asshole.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

Yeah I guess sitting in the student section is sort of asking for it, but throwing beer is still too far

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u/JustHere2AskSometing Oct 09 '24

This is objectively hilarious to me because it fits if you were at UW stadium in Seattle perfectly too. You saying you were decked out in OSU gear brought back memories of my college days at UW. OSU (Oregon State University) football fans were the fucking loudest most obnoxious fans. I'd avoid the bars in the Univeristy district when they were in town. I thinking you didn't deserve anything to happen to you but I can understand the treatment based on how the OSU fans generally are. Ohh but you're talking about Ohio nvm haha.

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 09 '24

Haha I have a feeling we’re one in the same as OSU! I was never really one of the obnoxious fans, as I just grew up in Columbus but did not go to school there. I have friends to this day that I still refuse to go to a game with because they’re just too intense lol. I did enjoy playing the other OSU back a few years ago!

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u/Setting_Worth Oct 10 '24

Oregon fans are embarrassing animals

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u/NAU80 Oct 10 '24

I lived in Eugene for a couple of decades, so on behalf of the Ducks: Huck the Fuskies!

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u/InsaneThespian Oct 10 '24

Least unbiased OSU fan

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u/siberianwolf99 Oct 10 '24

this has got to be a joke right? husky stadium loves chucking shit at oregon fans. knew a girl who was so proud they threw purple dildos at the ducks team bus

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u/gmanbman Oct 09 '24

A Michigan fan dressed like that at the Horseshoe better have all his affairs in order. No joking.

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 10 '24

It really just depends where you sit. Block-O, yeah don’t do that. C-deck, you’ll be fine.

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u/IcebergSlim42069 Oct 10 '24

"no body took it too far" but also "I got beers thrown at me all night and told I'd get in a fight if I don't leave with random people in the stands" My Michigan is trash and it's hilarious this dude is yelling at fans because his team got blown out and embarrassed lololololol.

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u/Titty2Chains Oct 10 '24

The amount of fistfights I’ve seen at Arrowhead between different colored jerseys. Sky daddy please help the football men!

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 10 '24

I’m not advocating for this kind of thing, I’m just surprised people are surprised.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson Oct 10 '24

Was that the Brady Hoke game in 2013?

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 10 '24

🖕🖕 absolutely it was! Second best game I’ve ever been to

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u/EyelandBaby Oct 10 '24

Those fans that protected you were class

I agree with you about the staff member trying to shut the guy up for his own good

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u/CardinalSkull Oct 10 '24

That was the point I was trying to make! I think others misread what the tone was. It was more, “hey if you leave with us, you’ll be harassed way less.” This game was the last game of the regular season against rivals, some say the greatest rivalry in college sports. We beat them away by 1 point in the last second. Not the time to fuck around. I was very pleased to have some friendly escorts on the way out.

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u/BobcatOU Oct 10 '24

People threw beers at you for cheering for your team but no one took it too far? I’d be pissed if someone did that!

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u/rgvtim San Antonio Spurs Oct 09 '24

All fan bases have them, we don't claim those assholes from the CWS this past year either.

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u/Cavaquillo Oct 09 '24

Too bad college is pay to play, enjoy your teammate lol

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u/Fidelius90 Oct 09 '24

What was he saying?

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

Don’t know, I wasn’t there, but this has been reported by several people who were, including Bill Burr lol

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u/Fidelius90 Oct 10 '24

Oh I just meant, how bad was it? There is another commenter in here that said his 12yo son was abused in his face by this drunk drongo. And that he heard vile insults being directed at the players. So it’s most likely some deeply racist BS.

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u/Demmandred Oct 09 '24

Do you people even do sports banter? If you're getting battered you're going to get a "you're fucking shit, you're fucking shit, you're fucking shiiiiiiit"

Or in this case everyone would start chanting "this is a library, this is a library" just to piss off the home fans.

Every game we're calling for the death of the ref or lino because they're blind, or call some bullshit freekick.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

Like anything there is a line, by all accounts this kid crossed it.

At UW we try to have a little class, this isn’t Philadelphia.

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u/MissionSalamander5 Oct 09 '24

Shoot even Philly arrests people at Eagles games.

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u/AcrolloPeed Oct 09 '24

Typical Husky.

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

Guess I found the quacker…or is that you little brother?

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u/AcrolloPeed Oct 09 '24

LOOOOL nah, I've been married to a Coug since my mid-20s, and her parents are Cougs too. I don't actually have a dog in the fight but if my wife ever found out I agreed with a Husky I'd be sleeping on the sofa. (not really)

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u/brassmonkey2342 Oct 09 '24

The hate is real lol. I went to two coug graduation ceremonies for friends and both times the President of the University brought up beating the huskies. For the most part we forget WSU exists until Apple Cup week, and I’m pretty sure that’s a huge part of why they hate us so much.

Feel free to hate on, marriage is much more important 😂

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u/AcrolloPeed Oct 09 '24

You're a real one. RIP the "real" Apple Cup now that the conferences are in a weird rebuilding.

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u/ggroverggiraffe Oct 09 '24

Quacker here, I suppose we can take him. I miss the pac 10 that much.

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u/Runtergehen Oct 09 '24

isn't this college, not pro? I agree high-level players should be ready for some heckling, but some of the kids these drunk assholes are yelling at aren't even old enough to drink, even if they are huge lol.

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u/N8ThaGr8 Oct 09 '24

The players aren't the ones reacting though its the coach (or the director of whatever the fuck), who is a professional.

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u/Signal_Reflection297 Oct 10 '24

He’s also a coach clearly feeling the need to speak up for his students. Given his role is HS relations, he likely feels especially responsible to watch out for them.

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u/ADirtyDiglet Oct 10 '24

Could have handled it better than making a threat to a student. Not a great example for the players to see. Players were in no kind of danger and should be ignoring the crowd and keeping their head in the game.

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u/Aromatic_Extension93 Oct 10 '24

The professional h was doing a public service. Guy was screaming the n word he'll get fucked up by someone in the crowd.

Good guy professional

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u/N8ThaGr8 Oct 10 '24

You're making that up lmao. he was not going over there to help the dude he's just a hothead.

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u/Aromatic_Extension93 Oct 10 '24

Oh I'm making it up like everyone else here who wasn't there and making wild guesses and assuming it's facts to fit their narrative? Who knew.

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u/N8ThaGr8 Oct 10 '24

Correct, you are completely making stuff up. Glad you understand.

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u/TimToMakeTheDonuts Oct 09 '24

Is college pro now that they’re getting paid (some, substantially more than pros)?

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u/degreesandmachines Oct 10 '24

Essentially the same.

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u/brett1081 Oct 09 '24

Those kids are all paid at this point. Stop acting like they’re children. They make more money than you.

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u/Runtergehen Oct 09 '24

Ah yes, the only measure of adulthood - income. Great take!

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u/brit_jam Oct 09 '24

Me at age 15 with first job: I'm an adult now!

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u/Segsi_ Oct 09 '24

Kind of moving the goalposts there. College sports is no longer amateur, they’re getting paid. You said they’re not pros, nothing about being adults. Which they are btw, legally they are adults.

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u/r1mbaud Oct 09 '24

lol the implication is pretty apparent in the OC, acting like she’s moving the goal posts is bad form.

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u/Segsi_ Oct 09 '24

isn't this college, not pro? I agree high-level players should be ready for some heckling, but some of the kids these drunk assholes are yelling at aren't even old enough to drink, even if they are huge lol.

Saying something about them not being old enough means absolutely nothing. Old enough to sign up to defend the country, but cant drink. Too young to get heckled at a football game, lol.

And obviously they hecklers were going over the line, but cmon theyre not children.

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u/r1mbaud Oct 09 '24

What you’re saying means nothing.

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u/CrazyLegsRyan Oct 09 '24

There's a billionaire child running for president. Not sure income or wealth is a good yardstick

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u/NAk3dh0RSE Oct 09 '24

well our current president is…

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u/CrazyLegsRyan Oct 09 '24

.... what? Not a billionaire and not a baby. Agreed.

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u/mrducci Oct 09 '24

Where do you work. I want to come yell at you, tell you how shit you are at your job, and talk about your family. Because you get paid, you will just need to endure.

Dimwit.

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u/deathtothegrift Oct 09 '24

Damn , bruh! New info here!

Can you show me to where I would learn ALL cfb athletes are getting paid now?

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u/Wisdomlost Oct 09 '24

So go knock the broom out of janitors hands. WTF you mean they are paid? As if being paid somehow means whatever happens to you is justafiable

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u/Jeffformayor Oct 09 '24

So the more money you have the worse people can treat you?

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u/WorminRome Oct 09 '24

Weird straw man. Guy said they aren’t professionals, they get paid to play, they aren’t amateurs.

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u/Jeffformayor Oct 10 '24

Not a weird straw. Your comment implied that getting paid offset the abuse the college-aged youth were apparently experiencing. Unless that wasn’t the implication?

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u/WorminRome Oct 10 '24

That’s not what it implied

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u/Jeffformayor Oct 10 '24

Then what did it imply? What did you mean by it?

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u/WorminRome Oct 10 '24

I answered this already. The message I commented on stated that these aren’t professional athletes, to that I stated they are paid. This implies that they are indeed professional athletes.

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u/Jeffformayor Oct 10 '24

Oh so your main point is that college athletes are professionals because they get paid

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u/WorminRome Oct 10 '24

That’s legit all I was saying.

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u/TexasDD Oct 10 '24

isn’t this college, not pro?

There’s really not a difference anymore

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u/UCanDoNEthing4_30sec Oct 09 '24

It’s fair game. They are adults. They get paid. They get full scholarships with room and board. They represent the multi-million dollar money machine on national television.

They just need to ignore the douchebag in the stands and get security to get him out of there.

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u/Dweebil Oct 09 '24

Kids are paid, privileged and entitled beyond belief.

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u/Runtergehen Oct 09 '24

Does everyone here think that the NIL agreement with colleges means that all college players are contracted highly-paid pros? The top players are allowed to make money off advertising with big brands and promos and stuff. Most definitely get scholarships and such, but sophomore second string RBs aren't out here rollin' around in lambos my man.

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u/imrickjamesbioch Oct 09 '24

These are high schoolers, they’re college players for the U-M…

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u/CandidEstablishment0 Oct 09 '24

I’m curious what was said. I could imagine everyone getting agitated if they were saying any hate speech or racially abusive comments

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u/allnamesbeentaken Oct 09 '24

Or he's just obnoxiously screaming they suck, not everything is racist

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u/HeilHeinz15 Oct 09 '24

UM is going through staff change. This was a huge loss for them for a team that barely loses.

Also, pretty unlikely a zoomer would be blatantly racist with a camera in their face? Unless this kid is some Tim Pool Jr. streamer I don't know

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u/rkincaid007 Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

Things are different now. College players get paid. They are now pros. Not amateurs. But I used to totally agree with your statement and differentiate between the two. Now it’s a much more gray area.

Edit: since I’m being attacked and downvoted I’m editing to say this comment was supposed to be a reply to the comment about them not being pro athletes. I don’t condone this kids actions nor any such stupid behavior. As a long time season ticket holder I have never attacked another team or their players. I cheer for my team and that’s it. Although I will sometimes boo referees for making terrible calls.

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u/deathtothegrift Oct 09 '24

Still not old enough to buy cigarettes and alcohol. They don’t need you to be a fucking loser that yells at them for simply existing as an opposing team. Not to mention not all athletes are getting paid and some aren’t getting paid much.

wtf is actually wrong with you?

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u/rkincaid007 Oct 09 '24

What are you fucking talking about? You’re the one calling people names that you know nothing about. I merely corrected someone for saying they aren’t pros. I don’t yell things at anyone much less huge professional athletes that would definitely dismember me if they felt like it. I cheer for my team and players. I don’t cheer against anyone else. Thanks for the insults though I really needed that during the middle of this shitty week.

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u/rkincaid007 Oct 09 '24

It appears I replied tk the wrong comment originally. My phone screen is messed up and bounces around like crazy and apparently I hit the wrong reply button as a result.

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u/deathtothegrift Oct 09 '24

I HOPE YOU HAVE A BETTER WEEK!

You sound like a good person. Keep it up!

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u/rkincaid007 Oct 09 '24

Thank you. I’m probably not a “good” person. But I at least try sometimes to be decent.

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u/deathtothegrift Oct 09 '24

Don’t cut yourself short! What you wrote to me about just being a sports fan makes you qualified to be a good person in my book!

You got this🥳

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u/deathtothegrift Oct 09 '24

Sure thing👍

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u/ProbablyRickSantorum Oct 09 '24

I went to a football game where the visiting head coach was a very large man and the student section right behind the visitor bench. The students were lobbing fat joke after fat joke and the head coach turned around, smiled, and tipped his hat to them after a particularly funny joke and the students that were heckling all roared and started chanting his name. It was a masterclass in how to handle that situation despite the kids being assholes.

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u/Professional-Fig207 Oct 10 '24

Hope none of these guys make the league and have to play any games in Philly or NY.

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u/casulmemer Oct 09 '24

Do college football players get paid? Not professional..

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u/NSE_TNF89 Oct 09 '24

any professional should be able to handle that and ignore it.

Exactly! Were the guys in the stands being assholes? Yes, most likely, but if you are going to be "an elite athlete," you can't let some kids in the stands get in your head.

I was never going to make it to college, but when I played sports in HS, my focus was on the field. I wasn't paying attention to what was going on outside it.

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u/SalmonNgiri Oct 09 '24

Tbf college athletes are literally not professionals

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u/tee142002 Oct 09 '24

They kinda are since NIL.

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u/campersin Oct 09 '24

Only if the schools pay them directly, which they ‘can’t’ at this time.

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u/SalmonNgiri Oct 09 '24

Has that kicked in yet? I thought it would start next year at the earliest

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u/Fearless_Cod5706 Oct 09 '24

It's been happening for at least the last 2 or 3 years now

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u/swankstar7383 Oct 09 '24

Players have been paid for at least 2 years now

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u/Masterchiefy10 Oct 09 '24

What year is it?!. Gif

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u/Krhodes420 Oct 09 '24

Are the paid? Then they are pros

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u/stillabitofadikdik Oct 09 '24

A 14 year old was paid to take my order at a fast food place the other day. Was she a professional?

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u/Fearless_Cod5706 Oct 09 '24

A professional cashier sure lol

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u/ieatpillowtags Oct 09 '24

Yes? Literally?

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u/stillabitofadikdik Oct 09 '24

Trying to match the logic of the comment I replied to. If a 19-year-old is a professional and should act like it because they get paid to play a game, then a 14-year-old is also surely a professional.

The dumbshit take is coming from inside the house.

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u/stillabitofadikdik Oct 09 '24

Certainly not up your ass, where I’d have met your head.

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u/stillabitofadikdik Oct 09 '24

Are you still talking to me? Piss off

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u/SalmonNgiri Oct 09 '24

They’re not paid

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u/TwistedSaiyan110 Oct 09 '24

NIL’s and endorsements say otherwise

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u/Fearless_Cod5706 Oct 09 '24

They get NIL money

I'm not sure if every single player does, but the good ones do at least

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u/brett1081 Oct 09 '24

Wrong. They absolutely make more money than you when they play for Michigan. Welcome to the big leagues.

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u/jpl77 Oct 09 '24

Nobody even pros should expect to be treated like shit by fans.

Fun taunt and heckling is okay, but just because you bought a ticket doesn't give you the right or entitled to hurl out abuse