Trey Burke complains of leaving Michigan poorly fed and poorly prepared for pro life
This was rather disappointing to read...
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/10/trey_burke_complains_…
October 24th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
"I checked out." But, It's Michigan's fault I'm not what I imagined myself to be...Trey Burke. TREY!!!! You won national player of the year! Played in the Final Four and the National Champsionship game! You were drafted in the NBA! But it's someon elses fault your not as succesful as you want to be? Get the fuck outta here.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:24 PM ^
It seems like he was the only one up there representing current students and/or recent grads. The jail food comment is awkward, but surely that was a tough environment for Trey to represent himself in.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
Huh?
Isn't that Shane Battier on the left?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:38 PM ^
Yes. What's huh about it? Do you consider him a current or recent student?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:41 PM ^
More "huh" to your point that it would be hard for Burke to make his point. What about that table of people gives you that impression, especially considering Battier is one of the highest-profile alums of one of the highest-profile NCAA basketball programs?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^
Merely that it would be an environment where he would feel compelled to present the most colorful deposition. This is a Big Serious Room so I must make Big Serious Statements.
Like I posted above, he flubbed it. The food comment is just about the worst thing he could have said. I was just searching for a possible reason.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^
I am surprised that they don't have players on specific diets plans. That should be provided for the kids who play all sports.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:33 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:34 PM ^
Well what do you expect after 2 years??
October 24th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:38 PM ^
*big shrug*
This isn't a great look, but it's ok to be petulant - people have done far worse. Its not like he was making allegations that we're peeing over every NCAA reg in existence. Maybe he was having a bad day and let anyone who's never said anything worse than this at Trey's age cast the first stone. It's not sunshine and rainbows for the student-athletes - I think in this day and age we all realize that.
Moreover, while I can't speak for Trey's personal experience, keep in mind that these are growing 19-year olds who can probably out-eat ravenous polar bear emerging from hibernation. And I for my part I went to East Quad before Trey (and many of you) were able to walk so I have some memories of less-than-stellar dorm food.
That said - I will go HARD AS FUCK in the paint for dat chicken broccoli bake. That was some premium gourmet shit that was so gloriously much more than the sum of its parts.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^
Polar bears don't hibernate. Winter ice is kinda important for hunting seals.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
I stand corrected and have outed myself as someone who didn't major in biology!
October 24th, 2016 at 4:40 PM ^
Going for the Chris Webber popularity award, Trey?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
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Granted I haven't eaten in a cafeteria at Michigan since a random meal in like 97 or 98 and maybe it has changed since then but the food was pretty darn good back then. Not only that but I was in S.Quad freshman year 95 and the football and basketball players had their own cafeteria with their own menu. It was referred to as "training table". I know for a fact that food was even better than the regular cafeteria. There was also that burger joint in the basement where you could get decent sandwiches with your meal plan. I also know that the athletes got special punch cards for some of the fast food places around town and specifically in the Union--They were allowed 3 foot long subs 3x/day from Subway (yeah you read that right, 9ft per day). I'm not saying that is the healthiest option or proper eating for a lifetime but you sure as fuck aren't leaving hungry. Like I said, maybe it's different now which would be a real shame but no athletes that I knew went hungry when I was there and there were quite a few around my freshman year in S Quad.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:59 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
that made him post "that picture" on Twitter after he left.
He's probably not complaining of the Social Media in AA
October 24th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
Disappointing comments. There is a case to be made for improved treatment of athletes but here he comes off as entitled.
I am wondering what exactly he means by this?
Moreover, Burke claimed it is the coach's job to handle a personal issue for a player.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^
PREPARED IS UP TO YOU. NOT THE SCHOOL. how can they prepare you. you play a sport and the sport got you to nba. not doing good is a cop out.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
It's not like the guy hates that he went to school here. He often posts pics of him in a hotel room or house watching Michigan games so obviously he still has school pride. This is more of a kid jus wanting to get the message out that he wants athletes to get paid.
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
The 23-year-old called his meals at Michigan "jail food" and said it was "disgusting." According to Solomon, "Trey Burke says he didn't eat breakfast at Michigan and it became a problem." Moreover, Burke claimed it is the coach's job to handle a personal issue for a player.
I kind of wonder how that last sentence would make a coach like Beilein feel since he seems like someone who would do anything to help one of his players through a rough patch.
This article made me feel a little disappointed - maybe that's an overreaction.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:57 PM ^
sounds like a spoiled child...My respect meter for Trey Burke just took a BIG downward trajectory...This is why I dont really follow pro sports much any longer..Just a bunch of whi ny spoiled OVERPAID bitches who do drugs, steroids beat their wifes and act as if they are entitled..You are a athlete THATS IT ...you have athletic abillity you are not curing cancer
October 24th, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^
My time at Michigan meant terrible food service meals. I have just returned from two weeks trekking the Galapagos Islands. I ate there mostly at third world farmers' homes and on dinky chartered boats. The chow in remote Ecuador was vastly superior to the best non-restaurant meals I ever consumed in A^2. For what students pay the university food service, they should receive commensurate quality meals. Sounds like the food is still crap, and the university deserves to be called out. Not every student can afford to eat out regularly - I couldn't during my time. It was prison food, and I essentially lived off goodwill and grilled cheese sandwich. Blech.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
Meanwhile in the 21st century...
This is East Quad.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:32 PM ^
They have the 'lectric lighting. We never conceived beyond the whale oil lamps. Back then in The Age.
October 25th, 2016 at 3:57 AM ^
Why would you think local fresh farmed food would be bad? I went trekking in Nepal and that was the freshest food I've ever had (if you got the local fare, lentils and curried veggies and what not). Sometimes we literally saw them harvest the plants after we placed our order.
October 25th, 2016 at 6:57 AM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
I like college basketball, but for whatever reason, basketball players seem like drama queens compared to their football counterparts, even though the latter seem to have a lot more to justifiably bitch about.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
Clown comment, Alfonso.
Also, wasn't the most important college criteria for Rashan the food?
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October 24th, 2016 at 5:02 PM ^
Trey's comments do make him seem spoiled and entitled, but given that the NCAA's exploitative version of amateurism is basically a form of indentured servitude, it's hard for me to get mad at a kid for expressing his frustrations, even if he doesn't do a great job of articulating them.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Real-life indentured servants frequently left their term of servitude homeless and destitute. College athletes, if they put in the work in the classroom, leave school with a debt-free college degree. Let's keep things in perspective here.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^
Utterly hilarious.
He, a millionaire, is bitching about the free food he received in college.
While I'm working a part time job, going to class, and having some form of noodles 4 nights a week.
No I'm not a college athlete but my education sure as hell isn't free.
Even better is that Matt Shepard called him out on his bullshit and said he was having steak, salmon etc.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:25 PM ^
Well then maybe you should have worked harder, and developed a skill that schools want
October 24th, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
..............
I go to a D1 school so I must've did something right.
Unless they're from a wealthy background, no one is eating gourmet meals in college every night.
Cross that insult off the list, LOINS boy.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
You always mention how you go to a "D1" school like that means something outside of intercollegiate athletics....
That just means that the school has more sports, a bigger budget and more scholarships. "D1" isn't a measure of the overall quality of the school. There are some less than great D1 schools out there. And there are some pretty great non-D1 schools out there. Not saying that yours is a bad one, but the D1 thing is odd to hang the hat on whether you are "doing something right."
October 24th, 2016 at 5:57 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^
There's 347 Division 1 schools. You're thinking of FBS schools.
I'm the first in my family to go to college. That is something I'm proud of.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:02 PM ^
I am keeping things in perspective. Big time schools like Michigan rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from the labor of college football and basketball players, and all the players receive in return is a scholarship riddled with conditions, restrictions, and qualifications. The schools can accept massive sums of money from corporate sponsors to force the players to wear the sponsors' logos on their uniforms, and yet a player can be declared ineligible for accepting a free pizza in exchange for an autographed photo. That's hypocrisy in the extreme.
Trey isn't the best ambassador for college basketball and football players, but the vast majority of them don't go pro. And they're not stupid. They know how much money their coaches make, they see the news about ten-figure TV deals between conferences and TV networks, they know how much money schools like Michigan get for outfitting players with Nike/Jumpman gear, and they see Mark Emmert--head of a so-called non-profit organization--earning a seven-figure salary and flying around in a private jet. So I can't get mad at Trey for "whining" or acting entitled in light of how much money he and his peers helped generate and how little of it he actually saw. There's an unstated context here.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
First, let's just get this out of way: the vast majority of football/basketball players at major schools are, in fact, given stuff under the table. And no, they don't get caught often - maybe one guy out of 1,000 does. Actually, even a lot of nonrevenue athletes get free stuff, too.
Second, most athletic departments aren't actually profitable. In fact, at a growing number of schools, regular students (who are already getting squeezed hard for tuiition) have to pay special athletic fees to support their athletic departments. Even at Michigan, our athletic expenditures are pretty crazy - we can clear expenses but it's not like there is a huge Scrooge McDuck moneybin where the football revenue goes. It flows back into all the money-losing sports.
Third, even for the tiny minority of athletes that have the misfortune to get no goodies under the table, they are receiving university educations worth in the neighborhood of $200-250,000. That doesn't just save them money now, it saves them money for the rest of their lives. As someone who graduated 12 years ago and is still paying my own loans, there are certainly times when I wish I had been "exploited" like athletes supposedly are. (To say nothing of the fact that many can count on getting hired by sympathetic alumni after their playing days are over.)
There are legitimate points to be made regarding health coverage for athletes (especially football players) and so forth, but on the issue of outright payment of salaries, I'm not that sympathetic. (Especially since the under-the-table payments are never going to go away; they're ingrained in the culture.)
October 24th, 2016 at 7:09 PM ^
I agree with your point about smaller schools that don't have profitable athletic departments; that's why I expressly limited my argument to football and basketball players at big-time schools like Michigan. We all know that in the world of college athletics, there are the haves and the have nots, and Michigan is obviously a member of the former group. And I also agree that under-the-table freebies are prevalent, but that only underscores that absurdity of the NCAA's rules.
October 24th, 2016 at 7:19 PM ^
How many of us, no matter what line of work we have gone into, made our first million within three years. If being subjected to the ridiculous restrictions, regulations such as not getting a free pizza for an entire damn year in exchange for a education - if we want one - and having every one of your games televised for the viewing pleasure of NBA execs for a guaranteed salary far greater than Emmert and Delaney is not worth the tradeoff, I'll gladly exchange professions with you because you obviously belong to the greatest in the world.
As to the ones that don't go pro, they know whether or not they're good enough. Hell, I had to dodge bullets and nothing but RESTRICTIONS to have my college somewhat paid for and I didn't get free meals, health insurance, books purchased, travel all over the country. About the only thing I got they do is all the pussy I wanted. But that's because I was so fucking awesome, and had nothing to do with my bb ability. Players like Pelinka, Rudy T., Mark Hughes, Dr. Burton(going back a ways) had come and gone before them. College isn't for everyone, but I had a pretty good head on my shoulders before I got there. Scarificing a year of your life to do the one thing you love to do is really a bitch. Sorry I can't feel sorry for this young man.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:26 PM ^
I don't agree with you, but I had to upvote your comment because it sounds like you're a veteran and because of your 'pussy' remark. A tip of my cap to you on both counts.
I don't necessary feel sorry for Trey Burke. Like I said, he's not the best ambassador for genuinely aggrieved college athletes. But my point is that that the unstated context of his remarks is a system in which big schools operate college athletics like a lucrative business while insisting that it's not a business when the issue of compensating the athletes is raised. No college athlete would have any standing to complain if schools weren't making massive amounts of money through TV deals, advertising, and corporate sponsorships. If those who profit from college athletics practiced what they preached, they wouldn't be trying to squeeze every last dollar out of these kids' talents. But obviously that's not the case; big-time college athletics are a multi-billion dollar a year business, and there are clear business benefits being derived from the services of student athletes. And in a business, the service providers negotiate their compensation relative to what their services are worth to their employers. If I'm a kickass salesman who generates millions of dollars in revenue for my company, then no one questions my expectation to receive a salary, bonus, and benefits commensurate with the value I bring to the table. Why should it be any different for college athletes, given the sizes of the checks being deposited by those who employ them?
October 25th, 2016 at 1:16 PM ^
No one is stopping any college athlete from going pro and skipping college if it is a much better deal.
If he though it was better, he could have pulled a Brandon Jennings/Emmanuel Mudiay