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LETTUCE GO!!!!I tend to agree. BUT Sankey is a political animal. UT has made it easy for him to sweep everything under the rug by not pushing issues. The ball's squarely in his court now.
The growing success of UT's sports programs and NIL, and the huge fan response to both, is giving UT its moxie back. UTAD is acting like a player again. Welcome back, UT. Welcome back.
How could UT have handled it better?Ehhh ya know I'm really not sure who or what to believe in this situation.The Ped crap is just ludacris kids been a VFL for years now but ur telling me rite before the biggest games of his life he decides to pump some peds in his body Smh!Oh I believe UT could have handled it better and it probably would have squashed a bunch of this non sense.No one is to blame really just sounds like a cluster f*k but Evan and the team deserve the benefit of the doubt...
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Didn't he play for Arkansas?Wow Eklund actually lives in Fayetteville and is a hog fan. Siap. Not shocking, though he may just be a case of an internet grandpa. Saw the Arky fan troll tweet and thought hey it must be true if it's on the internet. I'm not aware of broadcasters having any background on journalism or reporting standards or ethics. He's a baseball analyst after all. Maybe they need some classes for those folks. If he even still has a job.
A rising power…that sounds so good! We back!Of course not. Sankey is a tool. But he's a tool who respects money and power. UT has a platform, strong leadership and an organized NIL team that's aligned from the state down. UT is the SEC champion in two major sports, FB is getting back on track and WBB is on the upswing. It's in Sankey's best interests to get behind UT at some point, whether he likes it or not. It's easy to kick a school when it's down in the gutter; it's counterproductive to kick a rising power.
Yeah I'm a little wary of this flimsy assumption too. Especially since he IS playing now. So the rumor is very clearly false. Wouldn't make much sense for MLB teams to drop him for something clearly 100% false.So you believe MLB teams slot their draft over something said on an ESPN broadcast?
JMO, but they could have addressed rumors a lot faster than they did. They could have said a lot about what was not the problem (like a failed test) without saying what the problem actually was, protecting both ER's privacy and reputation. It's unfair that these reporters can drag this young man's name through the mud.How could UT have handled it better?
I was simply saying it had the potential to cause harm. But even if it is handled well by TV and UT, if even a little doubt is caused by this ER could be hurt.Yeah I'm a little wary of this flimsy assumption too. Especially since he IS playing now. So the rumor is very clearly false. Wouldn't make much sense for MLB teams to drop him for something clearly 100% false.
I also just don't see Evan Russell as the litigious "let's sue em all" type. And it sounds like UT wants an apology, not a court case.
But then that puts them in the situation of having to address every rumor that goes out on a player with saying what it’s not, without saying what it is. That could be never ending.JMO, but they could have addressed rumors a lot faster than they did. They could have said a lot about what was not the problem (like a failed test) without saying what the problem actually was, protecting both ER's privacy and reputation. It's unfair that these reporters can drag this young man's name through the mud.
To be fair to UT they probably didn't see rampant speculation happening. If we weren't #1 and hated, there wouldn't have been. If this had been a regular season game, nobody would have batted an eye.JMO, but they could have addressed rumors a lot faster than they did. They could have said a lot about what was not the problem (like a failed test) without saying what the problem actually was, protecting both ER's privacy and reputation. It's unfair that these reporters can drag this young man's name through the mud.
I am not sure UT had a way of knowing that a broadcaster at another regional location was accusing Vol Baseball of using PEDs. He went beyond Russell. He claimed whole team would be tested.JMO, but they could have addressed rumors a lot faster than they did. They could have said a lot about what was not the problem (like a failed test) without saying what the problem actually was, protecting both ER's privacy and reputation. It's unfair that these reporters can drag this young man's name through the mud.
They look at a million different tiebreakers. If the Brewers are looking to add a catching prospect to their farm and they’re down to Evan and another candidate without this false garbage…who do they go with?
They look at a million different tiebreakers. If the Brewers are looking to add a catching prospect to their farm and they’re down to Evan and another candidate without this false garbage…who do they go with?