Sports Daily: Mendenhall Retires, Bashes Commercialization

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUFan_88

Actual scumbag and loser. Good riddance to his dumb ***.

This is the kind of guy we are calling a scumbag and a loser these days?

[NDAlum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

So he says he doesn't want to play because the game doesn't seem the same as the one he grew up loving and that he has other interests he wants to explore while he still can, and all of a sudden he's portraying himself as better than everyone else?

In my opinion he sounded arrogant in his article. Not really anything to debate about. Just my perception of that piece.

[Lukin4]

Wow, a football player that actually has a life outside the sport, understands the bigger picture and knows what his priorities in life are, and people are going to bash him for that???

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by NDAlum

In my opinion he sounded arrogant in his article. Not really anything to debate about. Just my perception of that piece.

My opinion is that your perception is off...way off. U sound like the typical person who gets defensive about everything, even when it's positive, and is always subconsciously looking between the lines for something negative. And a few others up here seem to have that same mentality. Grew up around too many like that and unfortunately still have a few friends like that. Smh....

At any rate, I like how he seems to be a well thought person, especially coming from a league of immature, ignorant and uneducated sounding players who seemed to only go to school to become pro football players and not much else. Definitely refreshing to read. If he actually verbalizes as well as he writes, he should have a bright future ahead of him, post football. Good luck to him.

[OSUFan_88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jr.

Where does this come from? I did some quick searching but couldn't find anything that spoke to him being a bad person.

Try searching Mendenhall 9/11.

I maintain that he is a loser and a scumbag.

[FaceMask]

I hope to someday live in a world where people can have a different point of view without being demonized for it. Unfortunately, based on what I see of people in this world, there isn't a rocket ship that can travel that far yet to find it.

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by FaceMask

I hope to someday live in a world where people can have a different point of view without being demonized for it. Unfortunately, based on what I see of people in this world, there isn't a rocket ship that can travel that far yet to find it.

lol? Didn't you now just do the same thing to the people you disagree with that you're accusing them of doing?

Some of you are so eager to white knight someone it seems. This story is akin to that bitter guy at work writing an email to the entire company his last day on the job.

This isn't the first topic has been outspoken about either, may want to read his previous public opinions which are why some will respond the way they will.

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[TripleCrown9]

Meanwhile Baron Batch, a one time teammate of Mendenhall, has also retired from football, and is a painter, volunteer, and motivational speaker. Just last week, 3 of his paintings raised 10,000 dollars for a charity.

But nobody talks about that lol.