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[QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4634221, member: 225"]
I'm in the same boat. I don't blame Jesse. Not even a little bit. He will have his SU degree and will always be Orange and a fellow alumnus. He was perhaps my favorite player on the team.

But Jesse didn't create this mess of a system. He'd be an idiot not to take advantage of it. If I were his father, I'd tell him the same thing.

As a fan, though...

It is becoming like a minor league baseball team where the faces change every year. It is becoming a LOT harder to develop any emotional attachment to the team and players.

I already donate to my old academic department and have made provisions for them in my estate. Rather than spend $$$ on road trips to follow players who may or may not be here the next year, I'm more inclined to just add the cost of that trip to what I donate to the academic side of my alma mater.

I'll always root for SU but I foresee a time when basketball and football will be like the minor sports at SU; I'll watch them on TV and root for them, but once the game ends, I won't give it another thought. I'm not there yet, but I can see it coming. The emotional aspect is simply not what it once was.
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