re: Tyrann Mathieu to be featured on cover of Sports Illustrated...

The vultures are circling this kid. SI, it's writers, the club promoters, the NCAA and even LSU have all exploited this kid and his talent to the tune of millions of dollars. Now this hack piece threatens not only his eligibility, but the eligibility of a few others in an article full of assumptions and misleading innuendo.

This article and the NCAA will open up a Pandora's Box if this is allowed to ferment the negative sentiment with regards to these young athletes and the celebration of Hip-Hop Culture. It is a party used to promote a rap/singing group, which is a necessary activity for the genre. Even if old white guys with arcane thinking patterns don't like or understand it, they can't legislate college athletes to such exclusivity as to not allow the essence of that which they are already an active member of. The collegiate experience is not just about the matriculation of young folk strictly for academic purposes. It is the totality of each individual's experiences that affects the maturation process, and this is but a continuation of the natural growth of expression for their generation.