Link: God Bless FSU's Travis Rudolph

Class shows......especially when surrounded by a lack of it.

It looks very conspicuous that every child in the photo is turned away from the camera like they told them they had to turn around because they're not allowed to be in the photo since they didn't sit with the kid.

It's a really nice thing that he did, but I don't know if it mentioned why he was at a middle school though.

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I love it. Thank you for sharing this.


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RollTideMang said:

It looks very conspicuous that every child in the photo is turned away from the camera like they told them they had to turn around because they're not allowed to be in the photo since they didn't sit with the kid.

It's a really nice thing that he did, but I don't know if it mentioned why he was at a middle school though.

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I agree....it's almost like they are facing their lunch while sitting in the cafeteria at lunchtime.

Kids......they do the darndest things!

Bazza said:

I agree....it's almost like they are facing their lunch while sitting in the cafeteria at lunchtime.

Kids......they do the darndest things!

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Well the girls look normal, but look at the boys at the same table. Their backs look turned to the boy. Could just be something interesting going on in the background that can't be seen though.

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I appreciate he took the time to spend with the young man.

RollTideMang said:

It's a really nice thing that he did, but I don't know if it mentioned why he was at a middle school though.

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Getting a couple of last credits to qualify?

That was a stand up move by the young man.

crimsonaudio said:

If that was stages, t's more likely had to do with the media being required to have signed parental approval to broadcast images of a child. Easier to make the kids look away than track down signatures and hope you get them all.

That said, it just looks like none of the kids were looking that way when the picture was snapped.

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It's a cellphone picture. It's highly likely that no one even new a photo was being taken aside from Rudolph. I'm pretty cynical about media coverage and "photo-ops" but this seems genuine. Sure, Rudolph probably knew people were watching and knew it was the right thing to do, but he still did it and it still meant a lot to the mother of that child.

Even if it was "staged" with all the disparaging news about college athletes it's just nice to see one who knows what kind of attention he should be attracting.

RollTideMang said:

It's a really nice thing that he did, but I don't know if it mentioned why he was at a middle school though.

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from another article:

Florida State University wide receiver Travis Rudolph and other FSU players visited a Tallahassee middle school and the star athlete saw a young student sitting by himself.

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FSU's Travis Rudolph - God Bless You for Your Kindness

OK, if you're prone to crying you might not want to check this one out. I'm a grown middle-aged man who rarely gets emotional/sentimental about most things, but after I read this story and the associated facebook post I closed the door to my office, sat at my desk and cried like a baby. Travis Rudolph, FSU wide receiver, was caught in a "random act of kindness" that touched my heart more than anything in recent memory. Don't know why, but something about the thought of this sweet kid having to eat his lunch all alone nearly every day was heartbreaking to me in a way I'm not sure how to describe, and I thank God for people like Travis Rudolph who are willing to take the time to reach out to someone and touch their lives in this way. The kid may not really even grasp it, but you can bet his mom and family do. Little things done for the right reasons can make a big impact. Please take a moment to read the stories and see the videos about this linked below (scroll down a bit on the ESPN link) and make sure and read the mom's facebook post - heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. God bless Bo Paskes and his family, and God bless you, Travis Rudolph - you have a fan now in me, too.

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Edit: Sorry, didn't see the other thread before posting, thanks to mods for merging.

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Special K said:

OK, if you're prone to crying you might not want to check this one out. I'm a grown middle-aged man who rarely gets emotional/sentimental about most things, but after I read this story and the associated facebook post I closed the door to my office, sat at my desk and cried like a baby. Travis Rudolph, FSU wide receiver, was caught in a "random act of kindness" that touched my heart more than anything in recent memory. Don't know why, but something about the thought of this sweet kid having to eat his lunch all alone nearly every day was heartbreaking to me in a way I'm not sure how to describe, and I thank God for people like Travis Rudolph who are willing to take the time to reach out to someone and touch their lives in this way. The kid may not really even grasp it, but you can bet his mom and family do. Little things done for the right reasons can make a big impact. Please take a moment to read the stories and see the videos about this linked below (scroll down a bit on the ESPN link) and make sure and read the mom's facebook post - heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. God bless Bo Paskes and his family, and God bless you, Travis Rudolph - you have a fan now in me, too.

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Thanks for posting. As a parent of a special needs daughter I can relate and appreciate what Travis did. It makes me happy to see a good positive story as opposed to all the bad ones about college football players. Like you, I will be a fan of Travis' but not the Noles.

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Heard it in Mike and Mike this morning. This is really cool and nice to see this away from sports.


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As a parent of an autistic son, may God bless this young man.