re: College athletes owe us nothing

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Agree completely. Point still stands that he is not obligated to play 3 meaningless games for our entertainment, and our fan base should be human enough to realize that he is trying to protect his future. We should be happy for him. I am.

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The only reason anyone truly cared about Marshall’s football career was the name on the front of his jersey, not the back. He’s now told us he’s done with us, so I’m done with him. His message was clear. No one said he was obligated to do anything. But with decisions like this, there was also the known by-product his decision would not be largely well-received by LSU fans. He knew that when he made the decision to quit. It’s not my obligation to support a decision that hurts the LSU team. I have no ties to Marshall outside him being an LSU football player. He’s not one anymore. That was his choice.

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play 3 meaningless games

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I don’t care about Marshall enough to get into that right now, but I completely disagree with this “meaningless games” nonsense. If they are gonna go out there in LSU uniforms to compete against a team with different uniforms on, if they are gonna keep score with a winner being declared, and if the wins or losses are going on each teams’ records, then it’s fricking meaningful. Even if the goals of championships are gone, the games, the competitions, in and of themselves are fricking meaningful. I’ll echo Herm:


You Play....To Win....The Game....HELLO?!!

There is an innate, inherent, MEANINGFUL value in the very act of competition.