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- Sister Jean, the adorable team chaplain for the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers, said on Friday that she believed God preferred college basketball to the NBA, as the players weren’t there for financial gain.
- NBA fans and advocates for paid college players quickly turned on Sister Jean.
- Most jokes were good-natured, but the moment made clear that no one can stay a hero online for long.
Sister Jean was the most beloved character of the NCAA Tournament, but her comments on Friday proved we’re all just one controversial take away from being roasted online.
The 98-year-old chaplain for Loyola-Chicago had become a universally enjoyed figure during the Ramblers’ Cinderella run to the Final Four, a combination of gentle and genteel, that the collective internet had deemed as “Actually Good” — a rarity for these divisive times we live in.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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