Clemson Locker Room Fight Club

[FRCane]

Nate Webster was putting guys to sleep in the locker room ... this seems tame.

 

[dudenate]

Do u box before or after going down the slide?

 

[Cajuncane]

That dude clocked that other kid in the back of the head as he was saying no mas..lmao!

Bet he had a headache after that punch..

 

[k9cane]

I've fought in MMA for years, I'm not professional but I fought more than a few professionals and i can attest to how stupid this is. Throwing haymakers at each other without head gear is a great way to cause serious and permanent injury. Nobody trains like that because the damage can be immense and ruin a persons life. On top of that those morons had clothes all over the ground and furniture that could have easily killed one of them if they got knocked out. I Think Dabo is an amazing coach but this is grade A stupid

thankfully these guys had terrible punching fundamentals...

 

[TheMatador]

It does happen, but it is still very dumb for the athletes and especially dumb for the coaches who sanction it.

https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2...ile-florida-state-football-nfl-rhodes-scholar

...During workouts the next summer for the Seminole football team, Rolle didn't fit in. Many of his teammates came from difficult backgrounds, where their families had to choose between buying food and keeping the lights on. Now, Rolle had to adjust from having teammates with yachts to those who as kids regularly ate bread and mayonnaise for lunch. Even while at FSU, some players sent portions of their scholarship money home to help support their families. Since the dining plan covered only a certain number of meals, sometimes players were left with not enough to eat at the end of the week. Looking back, Rolle realizes he had no idea how to conduct himself around them, tucking his shirt, wearing glasses and using, as he puts it, "proper speech."

His teammates didn't see a football player, they saw a nerd, a square. "They thought I was soft," Rolle recalls. "A lot of them thought I was this little goody two-shoes kind of dude." Reflecting on the social dynamic, Rolle believes he was a prime target for the same kind of bullying and hazing that Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins underwent in the NFL. Fortunately, FSU's strong leaders prevented such unchecked behavior.

But Rolle also recognizes that he had the responsibility to assert himself. As he wrote in a recent op-ed for The Guardian about the Martin incident, "I refused to have my self-worth depreciated." When asked Rolle how he earned his teammates' respect, he told a story that reminded me of something he said about the Martin situation. "If someone calls out your name ... then you need to check that."

At the conclusion of the workouts in the sweltering Florida heat, the coaches had players running 110-yard sprints. "We had got up to running thirty-two 110s," recalled Toddrick Verdell, Rolle's teammate at the time. Then, in a team building exercise, the coaches made a deal with the players. If two players agreed to box (while wearing proper safety equipment), the entire squad would run fewer 110s. As added motivation, whoever volunteered to box was allowed to select his opponent.

One day, as Rolle gasped for air, soaked in sweat, his legs limp as wet noodles after running about two dozen 110s, a coach yelled, "Anyone want to box?" Marcus Sims, a 233-pound, boulder-shaped halfback, volunteered to fight. When he called out "I want three," Rolle's number, everyone knew why. Sims wanted to find out what Rolle was made of.

So did the rest of the team, which responded en masse with a collective, playground-like "Ooooooooh," dramatizing the atmosphere of the showdown. As Verdell remembered "The upperclassmen are thinking he's this nerdy, prep-type smart guy, so they're thinking he's gonna get knocked out ‘cause Marcus is this strong, muscled big guy." It was a contest with almost mythic connotations: strong versus smart, big versus not-quite-as-big, the leader of the pack against the newcomer.

But Rolle had been anticipating this day and used his intelligence to design a plan. An inexperienced fighter, he prepared by watching clips of Muhammad Ali on YouTube, studying what made him an effective boxer. When Sims not only called out Myron's number, but said, directly, "I want to fight you," Myron was prepared. This was the day his teammates would learn that Myron Rolle, the Hun school grad with the tucked-in shirt and the heavy class load, was no nerd.

"He whooped his *** pretty good," Verdell chuckled.

"I killed him," Rolle matter-of-factly recalls. "That was like my testing, you know? My ritual. I had to pass a test." Rolle had first proven himself in a new country, then with the trust fund crowd and now a college locker room filled with future NFL players, demonstrating the ability to fit in with anyone. But Myron didn't just want to fit in with future NFL stars, he wanted to be one .

Myron Rolle is BAHAMIAN. As nerdy as he is..he had to take lumps over there..we all can fight.

This Happens in EVERY LOCKER ROOM ive ever been in.

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

The point is that what used to go can’t go any more. Now it’s lawsuits and expulsions and jail time and coaches losing jobs. These fools just put it on social media. A president who sees it HAS to act; which means the coach has to act. Whether it’s Leach, or Briles or Paterno, etc. you have to police everything.

Back in the day, I,think this kind if stuff used to be part of Fran Curci's regular practice routine at the U.

 

[TheMatador]

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

 

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

That’s a better question for CaneSince4ever. I found this on Wikipedia. It backs up his comment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamian_Americans

Bahamians began visiting the Florida Keys in the 18th century to salvage wrecked ships, fish, catch turtles and log tropical hardwood trees. A Bahamian settlement in the Keys was reported in 1790, but the presence of Bahamians in the keys was temporary. Early in the 19th century some 30 to 40 Bahamian ships were working in the keys every year. After 1825, Bahamian wreckers began moving to Key West in large numbers.[3][4] Today, the largest Bahamian American populations are in Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Miami, and New York.[citation needed]

Bahamians built and still reside in the oldest inhabited neighborhoods in Miami like Coconut Grove and Lemon City. Bahamians represented 1/3 of the vote to incorporate the area into the new city Miami

Bahamians were among the first Caribbeans to arrive to the mainland US in the late nineteenth century. Many went to Florida to work in agriculture or to Key West to labor in fishing, sponging, and turtling. Two main factors that contributed to increased Bahamian migration were the poor economic climate and opportunities, as well as the short distance from the Bahamas to Miami. Southern Florida developed Bahamian enclaves in certain cities including Lemon City, Coconut Grove, and Cutler. In 1896, foreign-born blacks compromised 40 percent of the black population, making Miami the largest foreign-born black city in the US aside from New York. Reimers claims that the restrictive immigration policy of the 1920s did not greatly affect the Bahamian migrs, they continued to migrate in vast number to the US, however many also participated in return migration back to the Bahamas during this time period. Those who chose to remain created institutions in the U.S. During this time in Florida, black Bahamians too faced state-enforced racism. Blacks could not vote, were persecuted by epithets in Miami press, and were not allowed to stay in the hotels that employed them. And in 1921, the Ku Klux Klan staged a large rally attacking these black immigrants in Miami.[5]

This is more impressive. To me, at least.

As of 2010, Bahamian Americans were the most educated West Indian Americans in the USA. 39.1% of the Bahamian American population of 25 years and over held college degrees. There were 22,763 Bahamian Americans 25 years and older in the country according to the 2010 census. 9.9% held associate degrees, 17.5% held bachelor's degrees, and 11.7% held graduate or professional degrees. 29.2% held bachelor's degrees or higher.

[8] In New York State, 46.7% of Bahamian Americans 25 years and older held degrees. 18.5% held Graduate or Professional degrees, 20.6% held bachelor's degrees, with 7.6% holding associate degrees.

In Georgia 51.1% of Bahamian Americans 25 years and older held college degrees. 18.6% held Graduate or Professional degrees, 25.1% held bachelor's degrees, with 7.4% holding associate degrees.

In Florida 32% of Bahamian Americans 25 years and older held college degrees. 7.8% held Graduate or Professional degrees, 12.6% held bachelor's degrees, with 11.6% holding associate degrees. [8]

 

[gogeta4]

Myron Rolle is BAHAMIAN. As nerdy as he is..he had to take lumps over there..we all can fight.

This Happens in EVERY LOCKER ROOM ive ever been in.

LOL...all Bahamians ain't Kimbo now...this is just as much of a fallacy as there's no g a y Jamaicans...LOL.

all aint Kimbo agreed...but there aint much that enjoy throwing them things like bahamians. The most reluctant one..would still defend him/herself. Especially those from Nassau ...full out brawls that dont stop parties...my friends are amazed when i took them. lol...they are like next man up..and keep playing music.

 

[gogeta4]

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

occured a long time ago..when they began to build the railroads, they would come on "contracts" (my great grandfather did). But bahamians were always coming because of the proximity. Also Bahamians had upper hand on the african aamericans at the time as they all could read and write.

Hurricanes football teams are usually filled with a Bahamian every year,,because of the amount of Bahamian Americans in South Florida.

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

Bahamians assimilate better than any others in the caribbean, which is why it isnt known right away who is bahamian. Dont have a strong accent like jamaicans, or speak a different language like cubans/haitians. We know each other by the surnames though, as most of the surnames are directly correlated to the Bahamas or England.

If the Bahamas ever got the funding even minuscule like how its done in Samoa. They would be churning out football players at a nice clip. They love the sport, and the country is filled with RAW athletes. Grand Bahama had a youth league about a few years ago that worked on the island i think it spawned out a few div 1 football players.

These are 2 kids i knew personally that played there.
August Campbell Bio - Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site - GoDuke.com
hokiesports.com :: Football :: Demitri Knowles

 

[Bennubird]

Coach Eddie Robinson ended up having to purchase boxing gloves for his players to keep them from injuring themselves in fist fights. Brother-in-law played for him.

 

[ZBHCane]

Just stupid.

 

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

 

[DerekDohrman]

bahamians are now my new favorite group of people. thanks for the education

 

[gogeta4]

LOL. Which Rolle ain’t Bahamian? Sands, Adderleys, too.

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

 

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

Rutherford (Oly Bronze medalist) has done a bit...

 

[CaneSince4Ever]

You'd be surprised at how many Bahamian surnames there are...Frank Gore has Bahamian heritage. Matter of fact, at one time, at least half the black population in Miami was Bahamian.

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

[MENTION=1279]gogeta4[/MENTION]...wasn't ST26 of Bahamian heritage? IIRC, from watching a doc on His life, His Mom was Bahamian?

 

[gogeta4]

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

Rutherford (Oly Bronze medalist) has done a bit...

thats my relative i spoke on

 

[gogeta4]

And the minute after this thread....and us speaking on Bahamian kids....we get a 2019 commit from a kid that just moved here a few months ago from The bahamas and just started playing football.

https://247sports.com/college/miami/Bolt/Breaking-19-DT-Daxon-Commits-to-Miami-109228272 https://247sports.com/college/miami/Bolt/Breaking-19-DT-Daxon-Commits-to-Miami-109228272

6'3 305 pds.

 

[gogeta4]

So the Miami black community did not have as much of a slave heritage, at least not an American slave heritage like much of the rest of the country? I'm assuming they, like the rest of those with African heritage in the Caribbean, came as part of the slave trade.

When did this migration from the Bahamas to south Florida occur?

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

[MENTION=1279]gogeta4[/MENTION]...wasn't ST26 of Bahamian heritage? IIRC, from watching a doc on His life, His Mom was Bahamian?

Sean Taylors dad is of Bahamian descent.....his mom was jamaican i believe.

 

[Tetragrammaton Cane]

Like stated..notable ones are: Santana/ Sinorice Moss, Tyrone Moss, Frank Gore, Vernon Carey, Antrel Rolle, Ethenic Sands, Phil Dorsett

Current roster- Robert Knowles, Trevor Darling, Pat Bethel

I knew Knowles, Darling and Bethel were big Bahamian names and assumed they were, too. Darling...there were twins, one died, who were good. Older brother was a 200m/400m runner for Bahamian national team and his ex-wife is 2004 Olympic gold medalist at 400m.

Devard Darling/Devaughn passed away at fsu during conditioning . Devard held camps a few times in the bahamas for football.

My relative is the guy that finds the talent there and usually gets them here for a year of high school or prep before they go to colleges. He's the one that had the darlings, Ian Symonnettes of the world and numerous others based out of Texas. They will have a lottery pick in next years nba draft at center as well (Ayton, Arizona). My other relative is the back up te at FSU currently another one of the finds.

Rutherford (Oly Bronze medalist) has done a bit...

thats my relative i spoke on

I thought so, based upon your description. LOL. Don’t know him well, but we’ve met. Know his high school coach, former Minister of Sport, Wisdom, as well.