Quoting this because it’s so important to me. No matter what level of college you play at there is a chance you lose all structure and sense of who you are when it ends so abruptly. It can blindside anyone.
Student-athletes in school need more guidance on what’s next after sports, what ifs, how to survive when sports is over. They put so much commitment and time into the game basically their whole lives only to get graduation and not have a clue what’s next..
Banishing a fan to Taiwan because he jinxed your team in the playoffs is the absolute funniest thing a professional sports organization has ever done and I don’t think it’s particularly close