Tyler Hansbrough should probably stop leaping from buildings
By Eamonn Brennan
Last week, some pretty tremendous photos of Tyler Hansbrough surfaced. They depicted Hansbrough and shorter, less-skilled sidekick Bobby Frasor leaping from a second-story frat balcony into a giant pool while hordes of onlookers, ahem, looked on. Presumably, everyone was cheering and pounding beers and celebrating springtime on a university campus. The entire thing screamed COLLEGE, bro. (Needless to say, don't even think about trying this at home.)
Alas, some didn't enjoy the spectacle. Namely, anyone with a rooting interest in the Tar Heels, who would prefer their returning Player of the Year and probable starting point guard not injure themselves in silly, fratty fashion. As FanHouse's Sportz Assassin reports, the message board denizens are riled up:
So sorry, Tyler and short friend: You guys can't act like normal people. (This is where I should interject that only in college is jumping off buildings considered "normal.") It sucks, I know, but if you ever get frustrated and incomprehensibly angry, just blame your parents for everything. In that small way, you can be just like the rest of us.
By Eamonn Brennan
Last week, some pretty tremendous photos of Tyler Hansbrough surfaced. They depicted Hansbrough and shorter, less-skilled sidekick Bobby Frasor leaping from a second-story frat balcony into a giant pool while hordes of onlookers, ahem, looked on. Presumably, everyone was cheering and pounding beers and celebrating springtime on a university campus. The entire thing screamed COLLEGE, bro. (Needless to say, don't even think about trying this at home.)
Alas, some didn't enjoy the spectacle. Namely, anyone with a rooting interest in the Tar Heels, who would prefer their returning Player of the Year and probable starting point guard not injure themselves in silly, fratty fashion. As FanHouse's Sportz Assassin reports, the message board denizens are riled up:
Right now, they are getting a lot of heat (and some love) over the stunt on message boards and blogs. [...] However, these two are in college because of their physical gifts. Seeing Frasor up there was puzzling. He missed most of the past season after tearing up his knee. If Ty Lawson stays in the NBA Draft, Frasor inherits this team and will be counted on heavily. Seems like jumping off a balcony and into a pool isn't the best way to rehab that injury.
College athletes often grasp at some semblance of a normal college lifestyle -- hanging out, partying, dangerously jumping off things, et. al -- but at the end of the day college athletes aren't, and never will be, normal college students. Most college students don't get a full ride to play a sport. Most college students, unless they're journalism majors, don't take laughably easy courses designed to keep their GPAs high. Most college students don't attain celebrity status, no matter what that latest "Van Wilder" spinoff told you.
So sorry, Tyler and short friend: You guys can't act like normal people. (This is where I should interject that only in college is jumping off buildings considered "normal.") It sucks, I know, but if you ever get frustrated and incomprehensibly angry, just blame your parents for everything. In that small way, you can be just like the rest of us.
