sherm03;1288022 wrote:Is there a reason why he spelled his name wrong for his Twitter handle?

@cordale10? Is he THAT dumb?

:laugh:

Take the scholarship away.

You're guys are surprised by this?

sjmvsfscs08;1288038 wrote:You're guys are surprised by this?

Well it's obvious now that going to class wouldn't help him with his English.

Leave him on the team, yank the scholly and give to some kid with a 3. 0+ GPA who's been busting his butt in practice every day for the last two years. We'll see how interested he is in football THEN.

That said, as long as two years of indentured servitude is required to play in the NFL, I would agree that the D-1 schools should allow students to major in athletics or athletic management. Courses would cover adapted courses from the business school (accounting, finance, basic tax principals), biological science (nutrition, anatomy, physiology), a couple of courses about contract law, communications, etc.

It would not be an easy major.

sjmvsfscs08;1288038 wrote:You're guys are surprised by this?

:huh: Cordale was right.

The tweet and Jones' entire account have been deleted

Jones signed with the Buckeyes in February 2011, but spent last year at a military prep school in Virginia to boost his academics :laugh:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8466428/ohio-state-buckeyes-cardale-jones-tweets-classes-pointless

Speedofsand;1288125 wrote:The tweet and Jones' entire account have been deleted

Jones signed with the Buckeyes in February 2011, but spent last year at a military prep school in Virginia to boost his academics :laugh:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8466428/ohio-state-buckeyes-cardale-jones-tweets-classes-pointless

Is ESPN really using twitter to get stories these days? They have officially become the TMZ of sports. I really hate ESPN.

Is it possible that this is a fake account? Taking into account the spelling of his twitter name. Has this twitter been authenticated. I ask knowing I don't use twitter and have little working knowledge of it.

I wish when we got on message boards, we didn't instantly become as politically correct as an HR rep for a fortune 500 company. Truth is, this is how MOST kids feel when in college. They don't see the big pictures (some do and are mature beyond their years but most arent) Probably even more true with college athletes.

While it's easy to be the guy who walks on water and say how appalling his comments were, I myself, will put myself in his shoes for a moment and think "Hmm, yeah that's pretty much how I communicated at that age. I say things that are more opinionated, blunt, and less correct.. then regret them later" I noticed myself doing this less and less as I mature, but don't forget my past either. What should be done with this kid? Nothing. Someone needs to remind him that what he say, people do have a cow over because they have nothing better to do than to comment about a kids comments. I mean, hey, we are the maturer people on these boards. We got our Bachelor Degrees, Masters and such so we could spend our free time talking about players who comment about how they like school. (We showed em')

Chris Speilman said he HATED going to school in the fall because it got in the way of why he felt he was going to Ohio State (finally an honest opinon of someone) As a kid, not everyone appreciates what they have, but its each individuals journey and freedom to feel the way they do. As long as he stays eligible and remains so, he can say whatever he wants. However, since he is representing OSU, the kid should be reminded by coaches that ESPN can't WAIT to see things like this, and are predators to young men who do nothing more than be human.

It almost seems like as private individuals we are extremely smart with good perspective, but if you put us in a public setting we became very shallow in our thoughts with a black/white simplicity about what is right/wrong.

georgemc80;1288556 wrote:Is it possible that this is a fake account? Taking into account the spelling of his twitter name. Has this twitter been authenticated. I ask knowing I don't use twitter and have little working knowledge of it.

One would have to be a very dedicated troll to make a fake Cardale Jones account considering 99.99% of the population had no idea who he was before this came out.

rydawg5;1288563 wrote:I wish when we got on message boards, we didn't instantly become as politically correct as an HR rep for a fortune 500 company. Truth is, this is how MOST kids feel when in college. They don't see the big pictures (some do and are mature beyond their years but most arent) Probably even more true with college athletes.

While it's easy to be the guy who walks on water and say how appalling his comments were, I myself, will put myself in his shoes for a moment and think "Hmm, yeah that's pretty much how I communicated at that age. I say things that are more opinionated, blunt, and less correct.. then regret them later" I noticed myself doing this less and less as I mature, but don't forget my past either. What should be done with this kid? Nothing. Someone needs to remind him that what he say, people do have a cow over because they have nothing better to do than to comment about a kids comments. I mean, hey, we are the maturer people on these boards. We got our Bachelor Degrees, Masters and such so we could spend our free time talking about players who comment about how they like school. (We showed em')

Chris Speilman said he HATED going to school in the fall because it got in the way of why he felt he was going to Ohio State (finally an honest opinon of someone) As a kid, not everyone appreciates what they have, but its each individuals journey and freedom to feel the way they do. As long as he stays eligible and remains so, he can say whatever he wants. However, since he is representing OSU, the kid should be reminded by coaches that ESPN can't WAIT to see things like this, and are predators to young men who do nothing more than be human.

It almost seems like as private individuals we are extremely smart with good perspective, but if you put us in a public setting we became very shallow in our thoughts with a black/white simplicity about what is right/wrong.

I would consider agreeing with you. Then I realized, when I was 18-19, I would have known this was an absolute stupid statement to make on Twitter.