(11-10-2022 11:33 AM)RamyEMU Wrote:  

(11-09-2022 07:33 AM)Sellers dweller Wrote:  

(11-09-2022 07:28 AM)emu79 Wrote:  I think most MSU fans just like Memphis fans moved on from Bates long ago. He is ancient history to them.

I agree. I have a lot of relatives and friends who are MSU alumni and/or fans, I can tell you none of them care or think about Emoni Bates.

I agree for the vast majority of MSU/Memphis fans. But for the types that spend an excessive amount of time on sports forums and comment on articles (myself included), they don’t forget such things and they don’t move on. Of those, not all will be openly disparaging, but many will.

So I do think some of those negative comments on Emoni are from resentful MSU fans (as Frank suggests). Other negative comments are probably from racists who think because Emoni is black is he is a thug (as Nickle suggested). And other negative comments are from those unsatisfied with their own lives so they revel in someone else’s demise (as others have suggested perhaps in different words).

It doesn’t matter though. To quote the lil nas x song that my kids listen to:
“All these social networks and computers
Got these p***ies walkin' 'round like they ain't losers”

Just a note MSU just signed a top 5 recruiting class. They will survive without Bates on their roster. I suspect Memphis will as well. I don't think Bates is a thug but I could see how being pulled over with 4 oz.of pot when you are under 21 and having a gun in the car with the ID marks filed off might give folks a negative impression. He made a youthful mistake and he's paying for it. Folks should give him credit for that.