STA Scholar-Athlete

[Anonymous]

It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.

It was the comment.... Now that's a scholar athlete ... That made the OP appear to be defensive.

I agree the PP is rude but it was an attempt to show STA has "scholar athletes" ... They can't just be happy with scholars and being wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.

It was the comment.... Now that's a scholar athlete ... That made the OP appear to be defensive.

I agree the PP is rude but it was an attempt to show STA has "scholar athletes" ... They can't just be happy with scholars and being wealthy.

But he is a scholar athlete. That's who he is. No shame in that at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.

It was the comment.... Now that's a scholar athlete ... That made the OP appear to be defensive.

I agree the PP is rude but it was an attempt to show STA has "scholar athletes" ... They can't just be happy with scholars and being wealthy.

But he is a scholar athlete. That's who he is. No shame in that at all.

I agree and kudos to this boy... Not kudos to the school, they did not make him a scholar athlete.

[Anonymous]

I think the term scholar-athlete is an appropriate way to describe all female/male athletes in school or college. High school teachers and administrators help shape students so his school deserves some of the credit. Lastly, keep posting about local students its one of the reasons I come to DCUM for general and specific info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the term scholar-athlete is an appropriate way to describe all female/male athletes in school or college. High school teachers and administrators help shape students so his school deserves some of the credit. Lastly, keep posting about local students its one of the reasons I come to DCUM for general and specific info.

And ou would say the same about Urbana? Urbana and STA create scholar athletes.

[Anonymous]

St Albans alum, a punter at Cornell is named All Ivy "Rookie of the Year". Now that's a scholar-athlete

A punter is no more an athlete than a golfer that only swings an appendage. Nice try. No dice.

[Anonymous]

^It's a great acknowledgement for any young man. Scholar-athletes doing good things!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.


The original post was voer the top. Why does one post "now that's a scholar athlete"? There are MANY posts that could be made on that issue...and they would NOT be punter.....look, not picking on the kid here..kudos to him...but the post itself was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It amazes me how people take such innocent posts and find a way to turn them into something ugly. The OP may have been a STA alum or the next door neighbor or relative, etc, etc.

The heading says STA alum. That is who the OP chose to talk about. I'm sure OP has no problem with posters extolling the merits of other players but why do some of you find it necessary or your duty to turn a rather nice initial thread into something which was not intended?

There are better ways to get your jollies.


The original post was voer the top. Why does one post "now that's a scholar athlete"? There are MANY posts that could be made on that issue...and they would NOT be punter.....look, not picking on the kid here..kudos to him...but the post itself was ridiculous.

Yours is a personal issue with OP or STA. Your protest are way over the top for such a non-issue post. Whether you find the post ridiculous or not, you are making much ado about nothing.

[Anonymous]

Wow, such bile on this thread. Very sad.

[Anonymous]

God god, quit whining. This is just the St Albans version of the famous Holton booster. No more or less. It's harmless; move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

St Albans alum, a punter at Cornell is named All Ivy "Rookie of the Year". Now that's a scholar-athlete

A punter is no more an athlete than a golfer that only swings an appendage. Nice try. No dice.

I love it when folks start opining on something that shows their lack of knowledge. I would love to see this poster try to catch a snap, get off a punt of over 40 yards all the while being rushed by opponents, and accomplish that feat in just about 2.5 seconds. Nope, no athletic ability needed at all. To quote the ESPN NFL experts, "C'mon, Man!"

[Anonymous]

St Albans is a great school and it sounds like this particular graduate is a great kid.

That is all that really matters.

Move on.

[Anonymous]

I love it when folks start opining on something that shows their lack of knowledge. I would love to see this poster try to catch a snap, get off a punt of over 40 yards all the while being rushed by opponents, and accomplish that feat in just about 2.5 seconds. Nope, no athletic ability needed at all. To quote the ESPN NFL experts, "C'mon, Man!"

A punter is no athlete. Check their NFL combine skills and results. Repeat, punters, like golfers are not athletes despite being good at one task or function. The latter does not an athlete make.