Asante Samuel Jr. Rumors & 31 Flavors
Less than a month from the draft, the rumor mill has started in earnest. “Real” rumors from credible sources like Ian Rappaport and Adam Schefter will be shared and speculated on.
Asante Samuel Jr. Rumors & 31 Flavors
While they can sometimes seem outlandish, these are credible people with real sources within organizations and agencies representing players in the league or on their way in. Some rumors are significant and immediately hit the wire, with everyone jumping on board to report it.
Fruition isn’t always the end game because, let’s face it, teams and players talk, but they can’t always come to a decision that both parties like. The most fun bits of gossip come from so far out of left field that you just have to laugh. Ladies and gentlemen, … we have our first crazy rumor of the season.
I love movies and how they weave their way into pop culture to the point that we use them as quotes in humor. For the younger generation, it may be a meme or GIF you use to respond to a social media post.
The 80s brought us the comedic genius of John Hughes and his classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with one of the greatest run-on sentences by actress Kristy Swanson, “My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.”
These are the kinds of rumors that get tongues wagging and epic struggles on the social media battlefront. Needless to say, when I read an article from Bring Me the News/Sports that cited a segment from SKOR North, this quote ran through my mind. The current rumor concerns a free-agent cornerback that hasn’t been signed yet and seems to have people asking why.
This is how it reads on Bring Me the Sports:
“On Friday, Mackey told a story that he heard from an anonymous person who cited a story from his neighbor … an anonymous listener who said he received a text message from his daughter, who was on vacation in Fort Lauderdale this past week,” Mackey said.
“She’s at SWAY Nightclub with some friends when she noticed a young man in a Vikings cap with an entourage around him.”
“She’s a big football fan and made her way toward him and asked if he played for the Vikings,” Mackey continued. “He kind of smiled and said, ‘It won’t be official for about five weeks, but yes.’ She then asked for his name, and he introduced himself as Asante.”
That’s correct. Asante Samuel will be a Viking in five weeks, but no one knows that yet except what is the equivalent of Dark Helmet telling you that it comes straight from your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate. I love it!
When these stories hit, they can be a speck that never takes off other than within “Vikings Twitter” but can grow to epic proportions if the guys with true credibility get ahold of them, so they can essentially be the first to report on it. This is the equivalent of being reported by Madissyn with a “Y”, but not where you think!
Do I believe this wild report from the grindstones of the rumor mill? No. Is it fun to talk about? Oh, hell yes! Can you imagine if this turns out to be true? I’d be floored.
It would really turn the world of getting a scoop on its head, even if it only happens this one time. While we follow and trust the guys that have multiple phones wouldn’t it be more fun to get a scoop from Ant-Man’s friend Luis who went to a wine tasting with his cousin Ignacio, who went to a club, who talked to a dude, that texted him a story from his daughter, that went to a club, where she spoke to Asante Samuel, and she asked him if he was a Viking and … he said, “Yes”.
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