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Jeff1220
06-05-2010, 01:29 PM
The high school where I work paid a hefty sum to one of Troy Smith's charitable foundations to get him as commencement keynote speaker for this year's graduating class. This is what they got for their money:
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Aside from the very classy baseball cap and t-shirt during his 90 second 'speech', notice how he doesn't even exit through a normal door. He bolts out a side fire exit. Good work Troy. Good work. :rolleyes:
Ron Burgundy
06-05-2010, 01:38 PM
Troy is too street for your stupid high school shenanigans. Weed and a pimp chalice or GTFO.
LtFinFan66
06-05-2010, 01:40 PM
it was 101 seconds
Jeff1220
06-05-2010, 01:52 PM
it was 101 seconds

Haha, I was estimating.
Really though, 3-5 minutes and something remotely meaningful would've been acceptable.
SaviorEdwards
06-05-2010, 04:19 PM
id rather have him over whitner on this team
Night Train
06-05-2010, 06:36 PM
id rather have him over whitner

He would have been outside in his car, texting the commencement.
YardRat
06-05-2010, 09:46 PM
Seriously? Your high school pays for a commencement speaker? Wow.
Jeff1220
06-05-2010, 09:50 PM
Seriously? Your high school pays for a commencement speaker? Wow.
Yeah. Not sure that it comes from school budget though. It could be from the PTA or Senior Class funds or something like that.
YardRat
06-05-2010, 10:00 PM
Yeah. Not sure that it comes from school budget though. It could be from the PTA or Senior Class funds or something like that.

We have a member from the graduating class 25 years prior speak at ours.
paranoid
06-06-2010, 10:37 AM
The high school where I work paid a hefty sum to one of Troy Smith's charitable foundations to get him as commencement keynote speaker for this year's graduating class.

Why?

I mean, why him? Is there some reason he's considered particularly inspirational or does he have some connection to the school? He's obviously not a spellbinding orator or anything.
Jeff1220
06-06-2010, 12:36 PM
Just because he's a Raven who's more readily available than Ray Lewis or Joe Flacco, I guess.
Last year, they had Md's ex-gov Bob Earhlich as speaker.
I didn't even know Troy Smith was going to be the speaker until it happened.
TigerJ
06-07-2010, 08:50 AM
I'm preaching at an ecumenical baccalaureate service this year. I'll give them a lot more than 101 seconds. I'll make it interesting too.