Lehigh WR Spadola suspended - Racial tweet
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 12:03 pm
by SumItUp
The PC police at the NCAA have suspended Lehigh's WR Ryan Spadola for this weekend's playoff game against North Dakota State.
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/pub ... nt-athlete
I believe the tweet was inappropriate and he should not have sent it. I believe the "n" word should not have been used, BUT I also believe words should not be ok for one person to say or write, but not another based on the color of their skin.
Re: Lehigh WR Spadola suspended - Racial tweet
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 4:57 pm
by Kolzilla41
Seriously? I've seen our players tweet much worse things, including Asa.
Re: Lehigh WR Spadola suspended - Racial tweet
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 5:44 pm
by thepostman
SumItUp wrote:The PC police at the NCAA have suspended Lehigh's WR Ryan Spadola for this weekend's playoff game against North Dakota State.
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/pub ... nt-athlete
I believe the tweet was inappropriate and he should not have sent it. I believe the "n" word should not have been used, BUT I also believe words should not be ok for one person to say or write, but not another based on the color of their skin.
I agree its not appropriate for anybody to say it, but whether you like it or not it is much worse when someone that is not black says it. Its kind of like when someone within liberty makes fun of something liberty does. We all may just kind of laugh it off, but if someone outside of Liberty says something negative about us they are fighting words. Its the same kind of idea. Maybe not the best analogy but its crazy to think it should be ok for white guys to say it just because some black guys say it.
But yes there are much worse things said on twitter by players...even our players