If you think what he did was great, terrific, tell me why in an intelligent cohesive argument. Otherwise, spew forth with profanities and ad hominem (look it up) attacks. Facts are facts and these are the facts in this case. He played all season this semester on the basketball team. He quit school the day after basketball season ended. I'm pretty reasonably sure that his academic advisor did not advise to stay in school until the season ended and then quit and get no academic credit for the semester. I'm also pretty reasonably sure that his action was premeditated and that he would not have quit last week if we had won and gone to the final four. He would have perpetuated the charade another nine days then dropped out. He seems like a great kid and is obviously a great player - he very well may have taken us to our first final four since 1978 and maybe even the national championship - not a stretch to think he could have been MVP of the final four. But doesn't it give you the slightest pause and don't you feel those accomplishments would be somewhat tainted if he accomplished nothing in the classroom - no final, no grade, no academic credit- during that same stretch of time. Perhaps not, but it does for me. When you take the student out of the student-athlete there is not much left. You may remember Cordele Jones of OSU who sent out an infamous tweet (answer to question a couple posts below) "Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are pointless." He was ridiculed (appropriately)as was OSU by many on this board for a culture that was detrimental to college athletics. If your name is in the record books for your athletic accomplishments but you have a 0.0 GPA classes were pointless for you too, especially when you drop out at the end of the season. ND has been for years one of the only NCAA division 1 programs that refuses to lower it standards - I would prefer it not take the first step toward Calipari land. But don't let my opinion get your blood pressure up. To me, it is the profane, wannabe board moderators who explode at opinions they disagree with like a two year old are the contemptible (big word for you) ones. I'm sure you are not quite so tough in person, so I'm glad you have the Internet to vent. Hope you liked Batman vs Robin.