re: Player's Lounge to be named after Tyrann Mathieu

If there is a great story about R. Perrilloux turning his life around I would love to hear it.
If he has continued to vigorously support LSU after leaving here, I would like to hear about that, too.
Truth is, Ryan P had more pure talent that Mathieu and did nothing with it.
Oh, and Hypocrates was one of my favorite Greek philosophers.

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Y'all he was busted for smoking pot. We act like he was on the verge of becoming a serial killer

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Enough times to get himself kicked off the LSU football team. It had obviously become a huge issue if it came to that. It could have cost him millions, and an NFL future. So I would say thats a pretty big turn around.

I'm sure he still smokes now, along with 50% of the other NFL players. Probably just smarter about it.

Ryan? Is that you?

Holy retard, I don't even..

This is a really interesting juxtaposition. On the one hand Mathieu may have been the most impactful LSU player in the last 40 years. On the other, he's a guy who's career at LSU ended by him getting kicked off the team after only 2 seasons for disciplinary reasons. Yes, LSU is naming it after him because of the significant monetary donation. But they are also celebrating a guy whose habitual disregard of team/school rules got him dismissed from the program to the detriment of his fellow teammates.

I suppose you could say to some degree LSU's most celebrated player, Billy Cannon, has a similar story and his number is retired. However, Cannon's "public" legal issues didn't come until much later in his life well after his LSU playing days were over.

Does it look bad to have your Player's Lounge named after a former player who only played two (albeit great) seasons before getting kicked out of the program because he refused to follow the rules? Probably.

Do the current and potential future players care? No

A great players' lounge is a recruiting tool, plain and simple. Some may not like the fact it is named after a player who was dismissed from the team. But if it helps land future great players I'm sure those people will "get over it"

money talks. Maybe he will return to LSU and get his degree. I've always been a fan of Mathieu.....but had he not donated 1 million dollars would they still have named the players lounge after him.................?

This is very good for recruiting. Don't know of any high school player who doesn't like Matheiu. Very relatable story of a guy who got caught up in some trouble but kept his dream alive

Here’s a rendering of what it’ll look like

You are so wrong in this. Yes, Matthieu made a mistake, but so many others simply go and enroll somewhere else like Perriloux, Teuheima, and others. He never lost his love for LSU. That is a big difference.