Originally Posted by
CrazyNotCrazie
I think you are blowing this a bit out of proportion. We are having a discussion about this. There is enough evidence at this point to confirm that Mitchell is wearing Heyman's number - it is on Goduke.com - it is not a hypothesis or a rumor. I think the underlying thought here is "I'm curious to hear why this happened" and "I kind of like the tradition of retired numbers staying retired so if there is not a good explanation, I'm not thrilled with this." There is a decent chance we will never get an answer. But I don't think anyone is saying 'this is a dealbreaker for me - I will never set foot in Cameron again because of this" or "Mitchell is dead to me for doing this."
This is the nature of the internet. And issues like this are discussed a lot more intelligently and rationally here at DBR than in most other corners of the internet.
I know you're not calling out Mitchell, but this is not on the kid. He probably has no idea who Heyman is (I barely do, he was 20 years before me, but I can understand the respect that should be, and used to be, shown). There are supposed to be adults in the room.
It's about money. Just like the Off-Topic discussion of the golf LIV tour. Heyman has passed and will never give another dollar to Duke. Mitchell might.
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