Michael Loyd, Jr leaving the "Y" Add Comment    May 06, 2010

When I first heard about this "change" in the program, it was from KFNN Radio on the DJ & PK show. �PK, who is not my favorite, but has some good points from time to time, if you can ignore his whining.� He stated that it was a black thing, �and it was tough to be a black player at a white school on a white team (not quoting).� So I listened, and not being the sports expert that PK is, I took his word for it.� Sad thing is, I believed it and allowed him to continue setting the stereotype that it is a black/white thing.� This is not a racial issue, Coach Rose is not like that.� I was at Dixie College when he coached there, and he had many different types of colors on his teams.� He is a great coach, but what is sad is that PK did not get off his butt and go do some reporting.� Come to find out today from the DJ & PK show that a reporter Jim Rayburn went out and did his job, and reported on the situation.

It is learned that Lloyd was not doing what he was to do.� He grades are not where they need to be, he was late for meetings and was not on the same page as the rest of the team.� Now, in my book, if you really liked a player, you will find a way to work around this, find a way to get in his head and help.� At this point, and I am not in the locker room, I am not a reporter so I do not have access to this, but I would think that Rose would have done all of this and that it was time to separate ways.� For Lloyd to say it was not his decision, he was pushed out is really not true.� You have choices. �You have been given a great opportunity to go to a school for free, to play basketball.� You have to live up to expectations and requirements.� This is not a black thing, this is a student athlete who is lazy and did not appreciate the opportunity he had.

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Jeremy Vick