TrustMeIamRight
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Dude, none of these players had any reason to say anything at all. If it happened, why wouldn't they just stay quiet? Why would there have been this enormous flooding of players saying it's bullshit? Not only that - it's 2018, dude. Not a single negative thing would happen to a black college athlete if he supported a story of a coach using a racial slur. On top of that, what about the former players who came out? There's absolutely nothing negative that could happen to them, yet tons of them came out and said this is bullshit.
On top of that, they aren't speaking out against their team. Smith has been gone for months now.
It is the same as the guys from Michigan who spoke up and said nothing happened and it is all a lie with Lewan.
The reason they speak up. Because the next time they are interviewed, they will be asked about it anyways. So they are answering the question in a controlled environment before another reporter asks it.
The other reason they speak up — it is their school and their football team. Does negative press hurt them individually? No. But it sure as hell hurts the school who is trying to bring in elite African American athletes. So OF COURSE they are going to back the school and the football staff. Same reason former athletes of the program are speaking up. This is their alma mater being raked over the coals in the media.
Does it mean Grimes Dad is telling the truth? No. Does it mean the athletes are telling the truth? Also no.
With Grimes Dad though — his story could EASILY be proven. Son says he hasn’t talked to him — Grimes Dad said he called the day of the incident (easy to prove with phone records). Grimes Dad said he booked the flight and talked to his son again, and Trevon said 3 days isn’t good enough, so he changed the flight to that day (easily proven with phone records and flight records)
The fact the article also quotes trevon’s former coach and that coach gave Grimes Dad a ride from Indy to Columbus makes the story even more believable, because if you were making us a story, why in the world would you add a 3rd party who lives in a completely different state?
My guess is — the story has many truths and many embellishments. The actual truth is somewhere in the middle.