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USC Student Manager Deflated Game Balls

  • If he thought the balls were overinflated, why wouldn't he do it on his own? It's his job.

    SOTrojan

  • DF1982 said...

    I should have never posted this story. Stupid as hell and it brought out the whiners and trolls.

    It would have been a thread topic one way or another, you did good to post it.

    Thousands of readers and pages of people spouting off.

    All in all I would say a good thread ...nice job

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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7l4TcPhxQ

    Those nutty Taiwanese animators bring a little levity to the situation.

    breaking_bad

  • The reporter trap door and Lane laughing seemed the most right on to me ... biggrin

    They needed a visor and play card to really capture Lane but it was funny

    Thanks for sharing

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  • brdcstr1 said...

    There are rumors that you in fact had a tryst with gay sheep and PETA is investigating. Can you please address those rumors and prove to us that you did not have any involvement with those Gay sheep?

    Don't care what he says, that sheep was violated.

    DF1982

  • breaking_bad said...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7l4TcPhxQ

    Those nutty Taiwanese animators bring a little levity to the situation.

    Hysterical. Lane's never looked better!

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  • I have to admit this is pretty funny and very clever.

    This post was edited by Troybill on 11/9/2012 at 9:13 PM

    Troybill

  • shrug I thought it was rather stupid...would rather see a LSUfreek fark, even if we come off looking worse.

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  • PenguinOfTroy89 said...

    I still believe that the simplist, most believable explanation is this - the student-managers work closely with the quarterback and know his preferences. This manager felt that the balls were overinflated. He let a little air out, too much. The refs were notified, they reinflated 3 of the 6 balls there and then, and then the other two at the half (which leads me to believe that the deflation was at a level that wasn't easily noticed by everyone who handled the footballs). An honest mistake, but the manager was fired because A) he should not have messed with the balls after they'd been cleared by the refs, for any reason, B) his mistake resulted in a reprimand and fine by the Pac-12.

    Agreed.

    theknuckleUSC

  • USC Outsider said...

    I don't get Lane firing an innocent kid? These are paid positions, right? Kid needs the money, trying to be part of the team, let him keep his job.

    Lane didn't fire this kid. He didn't even talk to him about the incident; compliance made sure of that.

    No, student managers are not paid. They are volunteer positions. They get gear, some meals during the season, and sometimes get per diem (cash - about $20) when the players do. Otherwise, the only benefit of being a manager is the fact that you're a part of the team, you're on the sidelines for every home game, and you generally are able to get to travel with the team for 2 away games (the head manager goes to all away games). Managers also get similar bowl gifts as the players if the team makes it to a bowl game.

    The only student manager that gets any compensation (other than the above) is the head manager, who gets a full tuition scholarship.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by theknuckleUSC on 11/12/2012 at 1:44 AM

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  • theknuckleUSC said...

    Lane didn't fire this kid. He didn't even talk to him about the incident; compliance made sure of that.

    No, student managers are not paid. They are volunteer positions. They get gear, some meals during the season, and sometimes get per diem (cash - about $20) when the players do. Otherwise, the only benefit of being a manager is the fact that you're a part of the team, you're on the sidelines for every home game, and you generally are able to get to travel with the team for 2 away games (the head manager goes to all away games). Managers also get similar bowl gifts as the players if the team makes it to a bowl game.

    The only student manager that gets any compensation (beyond the above and beyond the above) is the head manager, who gets a full tuition scholarship.

    That was already clarified earlier in the thread, compliance and not Lane releasing the kid.

    But, thanks for explaining how the managers are compensated, new info to me.

    I guess deflate gate is ancient history, so we all move on.

    Yesterdays newspaper, so to speak.

    Good for a few laughs among my friends, "brings new meaning to taking the air out of the ball".

    Neither my friends or myself could think of another similar situation in football, ever.

    Pat Haden must have done double take first hearing of it.

    Crazy.

    Edit: spelling & grammar corrections

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by USC Outsider on 11/12/2012 at 12:59 AM

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