In a powerful and meaningful message, former Wisconsin Badgers basketball player Nigel Hayes delivered a personal perspective of what it was like to be a student-athlete, specifically at the University of Wisconsin.
In a piece entitled “Don’t Just Shut Up and Play,” Hayes referenced experiences and situations he experienced while being a student athlete at Wisconsin and many of the hardships he faced. Backing up, Hayes has been very vocal throughout his career– but not in an obnoxious way.
If you remember last football season when College Gameday came to Bascom Hill in Madison for the Ohio State game, Hayes was seen holding a sign behind the stage, with a message somewhere along the lines of “Broke college kid” and then a reference to the money-exchanging app Venmo.