Ethan
I find out about the forum post before Noah even shows it to me, Marcus forwarding it with a string of angry emojis and a message that just says *you need to see this.* I read it standing in the middle of the athletic complex hallway, jaw tightening with every line.
The post itself is framed carefully enough to avoid sounding overtly hostile, some anonymous scouting analyst account raising "legitimate concerns" about whether Noah's recent personal news might affect his focus heading into an important part of the season, whether programs considering him at the next level might view the attention as a distraction rather than a story of growth. It's couched in professional language, nothing crude or outright bigoted, which somehow makes it worse, easier for people to nod along with i
