Texas coach Mack Brown dismissed backup offensive lineman Buck Burnette from the team after an offensive status update on Burnette's Facebook profile.
It said “All the hunters gather up, we have a n-word in the White House.” Except he actually used the n-word.
Burnette claims he got it in a text message from a friend and decided to make it his status update without thinking.
In college football guys beat their girlfriends, drive drunk, steal and get only a game suspension, but using a bad word gets you kicked off the team.
While that might seem incongrous I can imagine that many of his black teammates would be unhappy with Burnette and might take action against him.
But I wonder what would have happened if he had been a better player?
Friday, November 07, 2008
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