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[QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 2713851, member: 4946"]
I feel for Jewell.  She was clearly suffering.  I was depressed in college and it was horrible.  And I wasn't a student-athlete.  Nor did I have a learning disability.  I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to compete an elite level while going through what she did.

As for being a black athlete at Notre Dame...recall Arike's post-game interview, "if anybody's thinking what school to go to, go to Notre Dame".  Lindsay Allen flew back from Russia to be at the Championship game.  Ariel Braker, Whitney Holloway, Markisha Wright, Natalie Achonwa - all were teammates of Jewell, all made the trip to the Championship game.  Skylar Diggins, Devereaux Peters, Kayla McBride - all very vocal on social media in their continued support for ND.  Brianna Turner and Kristina Nelson both chose to spend a fifth year at Notre Dame.

I'm not saying Jewell is wrong or trying to invalidate her experience.  As an outsider, all I know is that there are an awful lot of black (or mixed but certainly non-white like McBride and Achonwa) players who seem to have had a positive experience at Notre Dame.
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