Tommy Bowden is a Douche

[wombat7477]

Maybe I'm naive and this happens all the time, but it sure makes me want to kick Bowden in the nards.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/phil_taylor/03/12/mcelrathbey.clemson/

Hope this kid makes it in the league somehow.

 

[Tampavolz]

no I think it is pretty cold. Tommy was in a save-his- job at all cost even then it seems. What happened to Ray Ray?

 

[tango]

wow

 

[utvolpj]

that story's almost 3 years old.

updated story: Latest News - NCAA.org

also sounds like Clemson wasn't the only school to screw him

http://www.hbcudigest.com/2010/02/did-howard-university-end-ray-ray-mcelrathbeys-football-career/

 

[tvolsfan]

I really feel bad for the kid, but I can't hate on Bowden for this.

 

[Gator H8R]

Wow. What an upstanding kid. You don't find many kids that go through this and continue to work at it. Especially from ATL and raised in a broken home. Hope it all works out for ya man.

 

[KB5252]

It appears this guy won't let anything stand in his way. He was selfless enough to make sure his brothers and sisters were afforded a better shot at life yet determined enough to stick to his dream of playing football with all the distractions. It would have been easy for him to drop out of school and get a nowhere job to make ends meet and keep a roof over his siblings heads. Whatever is put in his way he will knock it down and keep trying. Best possible role model for kids that could easily have been ruined.