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Miami Dolphins and former Florida Gator linebacker Channing Crowder launched his brand new radio program on WQAM in Miami today and he's off to rollicking start.
In speaking about former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor selling his jerseys and other items, Crowder intimated that he maybe-kinda did the same thing when he was at Florida.
"I know why Tressel got in trouble. He was lying. But Pryor can't sell his own stuff? It's his," Channing Crowder said on his WQAM show.
"I'll say hypothetically I don't have any of my Florida jerseys ... There were some Jacksonville business men who liked my play," Crowder said.
Beside the fact that "there were some Jacksonville business men who liked my play" was the creepiest way possible to say that, it's an curious, albeit not surprising, admission. No one's expecting any blowback to hurt Florida but it's just one more admission that confirms what everyone already knows.
Keep an eye on the Florida Gators over at Alligator Army.
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Does it confirm that he sold them while he was a player for Florida?
I don’t think it does. I don’t like Florida or Crowder much, but that’s a very misleading headline.
This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morrisette had a baby, and named it "This Exact Situation."
by burntorangehorn on Jun 28, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
Why else would he say "hypothetically"?
by Grib on Jun 28, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
He may have sold them after he left
Also, Crowder’s not exactly known for his mastery of the English language. Even if he sold them while at UF, that would still constitute an incorrect usage of the word “hypothetically.”
This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morrisette had a baby, and named it "This Exact Situation."
by burntorangehorn on Jun 28, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The entire point of him using "hypothetically" is to add sarcasm.
You know, to add a thin veneer of plausible deniability (which is still comically implausible, as he intended). I shouldn’t have to explain the joke, but he’s obviously saying he did sell his jerseys as a Florida player.
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by Semicorrect on Jun 28, 2011 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
What part of it specifies whether he was or wasn't still at UF if/when he sold them?
This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morrisette had a baby, and named it "This Exact Situation."
by burntorangehorn on Jun 28, 2011 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions
The part where he covers his bases for legal reasons.
Selling them afterward wouldn’t pose a problem, and thus wouldn’t necessitate leaving himself a loophole.
by Grib on Jun 29, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions
There's nothing illegal about a college athlete's selling his jersey
Unless you’re counting non-payment of sales tax, depending on state law.
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by burntorangehorn on Jun 30, 2011 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions
That must be why no player has ever gotten in trouble for doing it.
Your attempt at misdirection has failed.
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by Grib on Jun 30, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
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