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99% of people who watch sports watch it for the games and the results. They don't care about the players' problems, opinions, politics, etc. Whether you think that is right or wrong, it's the truth. Nobody tunes in to watch Miami vs FSU just so they can hear what the players are thinking/doing off of the field. Nobody looks up fall camp news to see if their star QB is leaning right or left. Nobody watches Alabama to understand their players' daily struggles with living in the south. People watch sports to watch sports. If people want to read or listen to politics then they'd turn on C-Span.
 
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I find a lot of this kind of stuff eye-roll worthy virtue signaling. But, getting everyone registered to vote is a no brainer.

Also not the worst thing in the world for players to have a space to speak freely about problematic staff, if that's even an issue.
 
While the Council is working on other social justice initiatives for the coming weeks and months, Pata and Diaz both stressed that one of their major priorities is making sure the Hurricanes continue to feel comfortable speaking their minds on issues that matter.

They want their players to know they’ll be supported, no matter what may be happening in the community and world at large. And they want to make sure it’s understood, especially off Miami’s campus, that their players are more than just talented athletes.

“This is important for all of college athletics. Sometimes, I think, people get lost in thinking these kids are just athletes. No, this is something they do. This is a talent they have. It’s not the majority of who they are,” Pata said. “These kids are sons. They’re young uncles or young dads and they’re all of that before anything else. Football is part of it and sometimes, the kids feel like that’s forgotten and they’re just seen as athletes when they are so much more as human beings, as good people, as leaders, as people what can make a significant impact in the world. … When kids start to feel that way, when they see they are more than that, you really start to see them blossom and develop their skillsets of leadership and who they are as men.”
 
TheProf said:
99% of people who watch sports watch it for the games and the results. They don't care about the players' problems, opinions, politics, etc. Whether you think that is right or wrong, it's the truth. Nobody tunes in to watch Miami vs FSU just so they can hear what the players are thinking/doing off of the field. Nobody looks up fall camp news to see if their star QB is leaning right or left. Nobody watches Alabama to understand their players' daily struggles with living in the south. People watch sports to watch sports. If people want to read or listen to politics then they'd turn on C-Span.
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This action is not for fans, it is for recruiting, makes Mom and Dad happy..
 
fraggle said:
This action is not for fans, it is for recruiting, makes Mom and Dad happy..
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It's not about the fans and it's not about Mom and Dad.

These are guys who come to UM at the age of 17-18 and leave as 22 or 23 year old men with college degrees. Every year, 120 Division I-A programs sign 25 football athletes, and every year the NFL only drafts around 250.

Universities, and university athletic departments, should be doing more than just selling kids NFL lottery tickets. They have a responsibility to teach, develop, and build.

For hundreds of years, Americans have touted the advantages of a free and competitive society, and claimed that those who don't succeed are failing due to their poor decisions or lack of work ethic.

And then, a group of young men and their coaches/administrators come up with some ideas to build character and take responsibility for their own lives, and some people mock it as a political PR stunt.

Pathetic.
 
I have no problem with the athletes and coaches addressing pertinent issues off the field and on or off campus. Encouraging registering to vote is an excellent way to make substantive change - at the ballot box.

And that’s were the issues need to be addressed - off the field and on or off campus.
 
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Hoyacane1620 said:
While the Council is working on other social justice initiatives for the coming weeks and months, Pata and Diaz both stressed that one of their major priorities is making sure the Hurricanes continue to feel comfortable speaking their minds on issues that matter.

They want their players to know they’ll be supported, no matter what may be happening in the community and world at large. And they want to make sure it’s understood, especially off Miami’s campus, that their players are more than just talented athletes.

“This is important for all of college athletics. Sometimes, I think, people get lost in thinking these kids are just athletes. No, this is something they do. This is a talent they have. It’s not the majority of who they are,” Pata said. “These kids are sons. They’re young uncles or young dads and they’re all of that before anything else. Football is part of it and sometimes, the kids feel like that’s forgotten and they’re just seen as athletes when they are so much more as human beings, as good people, as leaders, as people what can make a significant impact in the world. … When kids start to feel that way, when they see they are more than that, you really start to see them blossom and develop their skillsets of leadership and who they are as men.”
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Football players wearing $1,000 sneakers, driving chargers, and taking pictures on iphones but they need social justice? B.S. is all fine and dandy. Everyone has a grander dream. Now when people start believing their own b.s.. then.....
 
No doubt Blake James and Jenn Strawley created this avenue to relieve their guilt. I know they feel better already.

"comfortable speaking their minds on issues that matter." Hahaha. I wonder if whoever wrote these talking points did it with a straight face!
 
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It's not about the fans and it's not about Mom and Dad.

These are guys who come to UM at the age of 17-18 and leave as 22 or 23 year old men with college degrees. Every year, 120 Division I-A programs sign 25 football athletes, and every year the NFL only drafts around 250.

Universities, and university athletic departments, should be doing more than just selling kids NFL lottery tickets. They have a responsibility to teach, develop, and build.

For hundreds of years, Americans have touted the advantages of a free and competitive society, and claimed that those who don't succeed are failing due to their poor decisions or lack of work ethic.

And then, a group of young men and their coaches/administrators come up with some ideas to build character and take responsibility for their own lives, and some people mock it as a political PR stunt.

Pathetic.
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With the new NIL legislation, what they should have done is created a student-athlete development council that provides education and assistance for managing finances. That way minimize players getting million dollar contracts and going broke five years later. That would resonate with recruits and parents and actually have a direct, long term impact on the players.
 
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