PHOTO: Backup Center Buck Burnette is number 63 in this photo
MooPig said... concerning this article -- Posted Nov 6th 2008 2:30PM by Will Brinson,
Comment # 338 HERE | 11-06-2008 @ 7:58PM Texas' Buck Burnette Learns Why Racist Obama Facebook Updates Are Dumb...
This is a misleading Title, review by Pat Darnell
The FezBook remark/forwarded message is not related to the "punishment." This is the old parallel mirrors reflecting you into infinity case of "Rules were made to be Broken," -- by the authority, that is.
I think while everyone commenting tries to define racism, I will just laugh at you. Did anyone ask a UT Team Authority why the "backup center" was let go? The reason is unspecified.
Point #1: [I'll go real slow for you now] Shown is the forwarded comment right here on this page: "all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse" forwarded by Will Brinson, author, and now by me.
Is Will Brinson going to lose his position now for repeating the comment?
Point #2: You have to click the article linked to this page to see: "lineman Buck Burnette has been kicked off the team by head coach Mack Brown for an unspecified “violation of team rules.” Rumors are swirling about what Burnette did..."
Point #3: College football is all about Scholarship money. It can only be taken from a player if he/she resigns it or if rules are broken. Coaches are usually in the hot seat to find loopholes in scholarship rules to let a player go... if that player's scholarship is needed for a newer or different player or reason... according to trustees -- capito?
In other words someone is telling me that "the Coach" is an expert on what racism is? That might be truer than the accusations.
My answer is that if this comment in fezBook is the reason for the players dismissal, it is a violation of freedom of speech, from the aspect that fezBook is a "social network." It has nothing to do with Racism or Treason.
My final answer. pd/moopig
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Following is the article -- by Will Brinson
"Texas Longhorn lineman Buck Burnette learned this the hard way. See, here was Buck's Facebook status following Barack Obama's win the presidential election:
"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse""Geez, Buck. Even if you actually feel that way -- which is sad -- why not just keep it to yourself? You know, instead of telling five million people. But he didn't, and naturally, he is now paying the price; he's been kicked off the UT football team.
"On the very tiny bright side, Burnette at least claims to be somewhat remorseful and not racist, issuing the following apology:
Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.
"Yeah, that's all fine and dandy, but it doesn't really help the whole situation. (6.10.2008; Retrieved HERE)"
