Lehigh WR goes racial on Twitter - gets SUSPENDED

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Lehigh WR goes racial on Twitter - gets SUSPENDED

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Man, I must've been on a desert planet to miss this one that I saw on the Towson board today.

Lehigh WR Ryan Spadola posts last Friday afternoon on Twitter:

"let them niggas talk shit, kids that talk shit tlk shit because they suck on the field. Its gunna be a long day for them."

Interesting.....and embarassing
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I heard the rumor Saturday at the tailgate. That quote is much less severe as to what people were saying it was.
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He didn't even say it, he just quoted it. Stupid? yes. Not worthy of any real punishment though other than what the school has dolled out.

Learning experience. We've all put our foot in mouth a number of times over the years.
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This is what happens when you let Towson have a little success once in a while. :ohno:
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http://boards.caazone.com/showthread.ph ... unts/page2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Scroll down a little on this link & they have the exact post. Without diving into things, even if they're still there, which I doubt they are, he could have just re-posted something, but why would you not put it in quotes, or why would a kid from another school write that as if he played for LU?

Interesting to see that the TU players on this thread have been told to delete all social media accounts of theirs.
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Scroll down a little on this link & they have the exact post. Without diving into things, even if they're still there, which I doubt they are, he could have just re-posted something, but why would you not put it in quotes, or why would a kid from another school write that as if he played for LU?

Agreed.
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Interesting that there are rumors the NCAA suspended him for the NDSU game.

If true, I call BS.

There are about 100 examples of other players wit the same language not getting suspended, including a WR from NDSU.
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danefan wrote:Interesting that there are rumors the NCAA suspended him for the NDSU game.

If true, I call BS.

There are about 100 examples of other players wit the same language not getting suspended, including a WR from NDSU.
So why attack NDSU, the NCAA is the one with a PC stick up their behind.
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Gil Dobie wrote:
danefan wrote:Interesting that there are rumors the NCAA suspended him for the NDSU game.

If true, I call BS.

There are about 100 examples of other players wit the same language not getting suspended, including a WR from NDSU.
So why attack NDSU, the NCAA is the one with a PC stick up their behind.
It's not an attack on NDSU. All I'm saying is the NCAA cannot selectively enforce rules.

The NDSU example is most relevant given the matchup this weekend.
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danefan wrote:
Gil Dobie wrote:
So why attack NDSU, the NCAA is the one with a PC stick up their behind.
It's not an attack on NDSU. All I'm saying is the NCAA cannot selectively enforce rules.

The NDSU example is most relevant given the matchup this weekend.
Was it a white NDSU player's twitter?

Like Bill said, embarassing!
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Gil Dobie wrote:
danefan wrote:
It's not an attack on NDSU. All I'm saying is the NCAA cannot selectively enforce rules.

The NDSU example is most relevant given the matchup this weekend.
Was it a white NDSU player's twitter?

Like Bill said, embarassing!
Should it matter?
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danefan wrote:He didn't even say it, he just quoted it. Stupid? yes. Not worthy of any real punishment though other than what the school has dolled out.

Learning experience. We've all put our foot in mouth a number of times over the years.
It's not a learning experience unless something is actually done. Think of all the kids looking up to someone like this. A respected Lehigh student making that comment known to the WORLD wide web. An idol to any kid following Lehigh athletics. Calling out another team using racial slurs. It's one thing to just say it vocally in a one on one conversation. It's another entirely different thing to do it on the internet. Treat the internet like a press conference. Athletes should know that already. Especially the smarter ones. What's going to make kids see that this isn't a good thing to do? Just slapping him on the wrist and saying boys will be boys? A white student athlete throwing a racial slur out for everyone to see. The more I think about this, the dumber it gets. You learn your lesson when you are punished for your wrongdoing.
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cant wait to beat the hell out these guys, what a complete MORON!!

MWILL shut this bitch down! or would this be racist since MWILL will be shutting down the loud mouth white WR?
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How come Bill Fette hasn't commented on this thread yet? Is it a make-up call from last year?
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Based on what I have read, it appears that the Spadola suspended thingy is just a joke
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danefan wrote:Interesting that there are rumors the NCAA suspended him for the NDSU game.

If true, I call BS.

There are about 100 examples of other players wit the same language not getting suspended, including a WR from NDSU.
You have any links to back up your claim of 100 parallel examples? I think I would have heard of 1-2% of them at least... :coffee:
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bluehenbillk wrote:
danefan wrote:Interesting that there are rumors the NCAA suspended him for the NDSU game.

If true, I call BS.

There are about 100 examples of other players wit the same language not getting suspended, including a WR from NDSU.
You have any links to back up your claim of 100 parallel examples? I think I would have heard of 1-2% of them at least... :coffee:
Do a quick twitter search and you can find hundreds of examples of college athletes having discussions with their friends using very similar language that Spadola quoted (remember he didn't actually say it - and yes I think that does matter).

But of course you've never heard of them because the NCAA doesn't do shit about them (as it looks like is the case here too thankfully).

There were a bunch of concrete examples on AGS yesterday though, including a screen shot of the NDSU WR's tweet in the thread that Cleets accidentally deleted.
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Don't really wanna bring race into this thing, but is it 'cause he's white that they suspended him? I've seen black players use that term in the same manner on social media websites and they don't get suspended.

edit: Just realized it was a rumor. He was an idiot to say it, but it's not suspension worthy.
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∞∞∞ wrote:Don't really wanna bring race into this thing, but is it 'cause he's white that they suspended him? I've seen black players use that term in the same manner on social media websites and they don't get suspended.

edit: Just realized it was a rumor. He was an idiot to say it, but it's not suspension worthy.
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MTfan4life wrote:
danefan wrote:He didn't even say it, he just quoted it. Stupid? yes. Not worthy of any real punishment though other than what the school has dolled out.

Learning experience. We've all put our foot in mouth a number of times over the years.
It's not a learning experience unless something is actually done. Think of all the kids looking up to someone like this. A respected Lehigh student making that comment known to the WORLD wide web. An idol to any kid following Lehigh athletics. Calling out another team using racial slurs. It's one thing to just say it vocally in a one on one conversation. It's another entirely different thing to do it on the internet. Treat the internet like a press conference. Athletes should know that already. Especially the smarter ones. What's going to make kids see that this isn't a good thing to do? Just slapping him on the wrist and saying boys will be boys? A white student athlete throwing a racial slur out for everyone to see. The more I think about this, the dumber it gets. You learn your lesson when you are punished for your wrongdoing.
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He should not be suspended.

Any questions?

That is all.

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Is he really suspended? I've heard yes & I've heard no.
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The only thing that irked me with this whole situation is that NDSU was drug into the crapfest. If and that is a big if the NCAA did suspend him in no was was NDSU involved it would have come from Towson. So in the future please leave NDSU out of the crapfest as we tend to put ourselves in that position on our own quite well thank you very much.

On a secondary note everyone needs to remember the think before talking/texting/tweeting. Remember once you hit enter/send it is out there on the world wide web for all to see and it is aweful damn hard to retract.

In my opinion this young man had a lapse in judgement. Is it worthy of suspension (if this is true) I don't know but then again with the PC police in action would not doubt it happening. Sometimes PC goes just a tad to far but also sometimes mouths do as well.
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Until I see a more official source and not message board fodder I believe he's going to be playing. Besides I'd rather he play so we don't have to listen to all the excuses when we beat them on Saturday.
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BisonBacker wrote:Until I see a more official source and not message board fodder I believe he's going to be playing. Besides I'd rather he play so we don't have to listen to all the excuses when we beat them on Saturday.
Who the heck cares about excuses. One team won and the other lost. I've never cared if you won against the scout team or the #1 team in the land, a win is a win is a win. Let them make excuses. If they are so good, they should be able to win, no?

That is all. :coffee:
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