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The rise of the entitled athlete was bound to come to a shameful head sooner or later. With the NIL here to stay in college sports, killing off the notion of the student-athlete for good, it was only a matter of time.
Especially in college football, where players are raking in millions of dollars, and jumping from one school to another in the transfer portal, as if cruising through a mall.
We have fully entered the era of the “entitled athlete” who demands the sun rise and set, not on their actual achievements, but on their own expectations.
We’ve seen three recent cases of it play out in the last month or so. Two of them revolve around recent additions to the NFL who have yet to play a single down of professional football.
Sanders’ tumble from potential first overall pick to the fifth round is well-documented.
The reasons for that tumble are slowly trickling out. None of the information coming out is a good look for Sanders.
He apparently showed up to a meeting with the New York Giants, who were in the market for a franchise quarterback this year, not only unprepared but demanding considerations he hasn’t yet earned.
This after reportedly telling 27 other teams not to even bother drafting him.
You would think Team Sanders, and his father Deion Sanders shares in the blame, would have learned a valuable lesson. It certainly cost Shedeur Sanders millions of dollars.
But judging from this screenshot of a post on Twitter/X it seems like that lesson didn’t sink in.
Sanders is not guaranteed to be the Browns’ starter this fall. He’ll face tough competition from fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel.
And don’t forget there are three veteran quarterbacks on the Browns’ roster to contend with as well.
If Sanders doesn’t drop the attitude, and tell his dad he doesn’t need to hold his hand now that he’s in the NFL, he won’t beat out Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, or DeShaun Watson either.
Carter was the third overall pick in last month’s draft by the New York Giants.
The former linebacker from Penn State wore the number 11 for the Nittany Lions, much like Dallas’ Micah Parsons did when he played there.
Unfortunately for Carter, the number 11 has been retired in New York. The man so honored, Phil Simms, wanted to keep it that way and declined to give permission for Carter to wear it in New York.
This came after Carter tried to get the number 56.
Lawrence Taylor’s old number for the Giants. Also retired and also not available for an unproven rookie to wear.
He shouldn’t have even had the nerve to ask for either number in the first place.
It was as insulting to that organization as it would be for the next quarterback the Cowboys draft in the first round to ask for Roger Staubach’s 12 or Troy Aikman’s 8 jersey.
But in the age of the entitled athlete,...
