"You didn't pick our school? Oh! Well, we didn't want you anyways! You're not that great of a player. There's no way you would have been able to have kept up, academically. And we have some serious questions about your character. Don't let the door hit you on the way out."

It's petty! And insecure.

It's like trying to save face, by breaking up with your girlfriend- after she just broke up with you.

Maybe, in situations like this, it might be more gracious to say "You're a good kid, and while we're disappointed, we wish you nothing but good luck." (And then, beat him on the field.) 🙂

"A holier-than-thou attitude is not becoming to us." - President Gordon B. Hinckley