Below is an article that sort of got my fires going.
I don't agree with what he did, but it is sort of a case of "I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it"The hypocrisy and troubling part is this the player was dismissed immediately, but yet between June and September of 2007, no less than 6 UT players were arrested (for various offenses). How many of them were kicked off the team?
It seems that you can break the law at UT and only get suspension. If you say the wrong thing, on the other hand, well the gloves come off.
Wonder if the ACLU will get involved...
Burnette apologizes to teammates for Facebook incident
Updated with father’s comments: Backup center Buck Burnette has apologized to his now former teammates for posting an inflammatory text message regarding President-elect Barack Obama on his Facebook account.
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