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Rock Defender [65]
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Apr 15, 2024, 7:24 AM
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I'd love to see sports media cease the practice of using the word "committed" when a student athlete transfers to another school to play. He COMMITTED, originally, then waivered on his commitment Respectfully, he has DECOMMITTED, TRANSFERRED and hoping the grass is greener on the other side of the fence....much of the time, IT ISN'T.
Maybe I'm just old school, but words mean things.
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110%er [3972]
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Re: Commiting?
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Apr 15, 2024, 7:28 AM
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I prefer the term “ bought”. “Power forward John Doe has been bought by the University of …….”
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Orange Phenom [14535]
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Re: Commiting?
Apr 15, 2024, 9:53 AM
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😁
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Top TigerNet [32267]
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maybe this is why the official paperwork is called "letter of intent"
Apr 15, 2024, 7:39 AM
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if that is true.. the person who came up with it 150 years ago was a genius. They should do an episode on the History channel.
"Letters that built America"
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Clemson Sports Icon [56549]
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Yep, and instead of saying the Tennessee transfer, the UCLA transfer , the BC
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Apr 15, 2024, 7:43 AM
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Transfer....I wish they would say, the Oklahoma traitor, the Ohio State traitor, the Clemson traitor....
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Heisman Winner [78291]
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It ought to be changed to INCOMING or OUTGOING now. Kids don't follow the
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Apr 15, 2024, 7:49 AM
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advice of LSU great Marcus Spears, who said:
"Young Man, make a 40 year commitment, not a one or two year commitment. I can go back to LSU anytime I want to, to this day, and I get treated like royalty."
You will not get that when you transfer around. You might get a little more playing time, or in these days of NIL, MORE money, because you are going to get SOME money where ever you go. But, if you have no loyalty to a school, the school will certainly owe you no loyalty, either.
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110%er [4075]
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Re: It ought to be changed to INCOMING or OUTGOING now. Kids don't follow the
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Apr 15, 2024, 8:29 AM
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Instead of committed use the words chose to attend this school.
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Legend [6903]
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Apr 15, 2024, 8:33 AM
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I guess all we can say is, these players have "committed" for, at best, one year. To me that makes them TEMPS--Temporary Employees. Depending on how many Benjamins they are receiving, how many minutes they are playing, and whether or not they are starters, they might or might not come back for a second year.
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Clemson Icon [26919]
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Apr 15, 2024, 8:42 AM
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Or just say “signed”, knowing that they can sign again with another team at any time. And don’t say it until it is official because the verbal word is useless in many cases.
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Orange Phenom [14535]
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Apr 15, 2024, 9:55 AM
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Or....signed a one year deal. 😁
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Campus Hero [13735]
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Apr 15, 2024, 11:50 AM
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"Renting" seems to fit.
I'm also not a fan of the announcers referring to someone as "The Transfer From Clemson..." When you're gone, you're gone.
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Orange Beast [6538]
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Apr 15, 2024, 12:02 PM
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I prefer “Stopped in”. Joe Blow stopped in to the University of Corruption for this football season.
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Asst Coach [866]
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Apr 15, 2024, 12:58 PM
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Which homecoming game they attend after they go pro?
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