ND Commit tries to Sell Rival Hoodies and Hats
http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/collegesports/notredame/sbt-2012…
"Im sellin new college hoodies and snapbacks for 12 dollars!$$ i aint got use for none of them, i dnt wear nothin tht isnt labeled Nd hit me!" Smith tweeted.
He followed up the tweet with photos showing sweatshirts from Florida, Ohio State, Purdue, USC, and Miami and a line of more than a dozen hats stretching across a dresser.
Looking for interested buyers, Smith posted his phone number in one of the tweets. In the coming hour, Smith's Twitter timeline and cell phone started getting throttled.
He eventually backs off saying he was "just having fun." He said he bought the stuff orginally ao I don't see why he can't sell it, but who knows what the NCAA would do.
Admittedly, the jokes would be better had he committed to OSU
Hahaha, that last sentence is the relevant bit. Should’ve led with that.
I just thought you should know that I read all of your posts in the voice of Owl.
I read it with "Kaepora Gaebora's Theme" from Ocarina of Time stuck in my head. That owl will be the end of me one day. Don't you dare turn your head upside down at me again! And what's with the game defaulting to make the owl repeat everything if you just press A repeatedly?
its called ebay brah
I'm not gunna pick on a kid's language skillz... but "I ain't got use for none of them" takes the exact same number of characters as "I don't have use for any of them".
So that ain't no good argument neither.
he's not writing an essay, he's communicating on twitter with his friends, so slang is acceptable.
Wow, people complaining about Jaylon's handle of the English language.... I'm guessing they haven't seen some of our recruits/commits communicate on twitter.
cracks me up every time
Why can't he sell the stuff.....? He really probably will never wear a lot of that stuff again.
Because he should have to learn a lesson about making stupid purchases.. Honestly, who sees 5 schools interested in him and then buys a full outfit of gear for each team? Just pick one, and represent.
If he paid for it then he can, but trying to do it via twitter is a horrible idea. I may be wrong, but I'm guessing these recruits receive free shirts/hats from universities they visit.
Before a recruit commits to a school, the school should make them sit through a proper social media etiquette class.
Silly me. My mother did that for me. Somehow I didn't need school to teach me that when someone give you a gift, it's bad form to try to sell it publicly. But I get your point.
In my analysis he should have committed to Temple University (yes, I have a bias):
Follow the logic:
a) He has a very real interest in entrepreneurship, evidently.
b) Temple has one of the top undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship in the United States at Fox School of Business
c) Profit (which seems his original motive here anyway).
Knowledge is good.
But if he didn't buy these items, but was given them on recruiting trips, that's a major violation, correct?
He can sell them as long as it is a reasonable price. If some ND fan gave him 10 grand for everything then there would be a problem.