There’s no unhealthy blood right here.
Colorado Buffaloes soccer star Travis Hunter reunited with Colorado State security Henry Blackburn on Wednesday, weeks after the latter was hospitalized throughout a controversial play between the 2 gamers.
In a video posted to Hunter’s YouTube channel, the pair loved a while bowling collectively to bury the hatchet as soon as and for all.
The video begins out with Hunter, who seems to be in a park, calling on a particular visitor when Blackburn out of the blue comes into body and makes his approach to the Buffaloes two-way star.
“Henry Blackburn, we simply performed final Saturday, you understand, I used to be simply ensuring my man’s straight, you understand simply ensuring he’s good, checking in with him,” the Colorado State defensive again stated.
“We made this occur for the those that like to see negativity. This ain’t a adverse video, man. Simply straight optimistic. It’s nothing however positivity this manner.”
Blackburn acquired widespread backlash when he hit Hunter’s midsection on an incomplete cross throughout the second quarter of the Buffaloes’ 43-35 victory over the Rams on Sept. 16.
Blackburn, who was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, made clear that he had no intention of injuring Hunter.
“You realize I by no means meant to harm you, you know the way it goes bro,” Blackburn expressed.
Hunter interjects, and says, “It doesn’t matter in the event you did or not, it’s soccer on the finish of the day.”
“You’re anticipating one thing [bad to happen] on the soccer area. You’re going on the market to run into one another 1,000 instances a day, or a recreation.” he added. “When it occurred, I’m like, it’s not his fault, it’s soccer.
Blackburn, a senior, and his household acquired dying threats for the hit, which has already sidelined Hunter for a minimum of every week.
The defensive star’s cellphone quantity and residential tackle had been additionally leaked to the general public.
“It’s simply unhappy,” Colorado State’s head coach Jay Norvell stated, in keeping with the Denver Submit. “It’s unhappy that that’s the state of the world we reside in. It’s a soccer recreation. Let’s not make it greater than that. We don’t need anyone to get harm. We don’t coach that type of soccer.”
Colorado had coach Deion Sanders condemned the threats saying, Blackburn “doesn’t deserve a dying risk over a recreation” as he supplied his forgiveness.
“With all that stuff that went down, you understand, after the sport, like, I can take it,” Blackburn stated. “I’m not [tripping] about me, it’s simply I obtained two little sisters on the home nonetheless in elementary faculty,” he added, saying he was extra fearful for them than himself.
“However I admire you popping out and saying it’s soccer trigger that helped calm issues down,” Blackburn stated, thanking Hunter.