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College football players shouldn’t be allowed to use Facebook… ever. Athletes just seem to get themselves into trouble on this very, very public medium. Sure, they probably don’t do anything worse than the average college idiot, but football players are (hypothetically) held to a higher standard since they represent not only themselves, but also their team.
Need proof of this Facebook abuse? Back in November, University of Texas’ Buck Burnette got kicked off the team for a racist status. Shortly after Barack Obama won the election, Burnette changed his status to something about how hunters should get their guns, and some even say he used a racial slur. If that wasn’t warning enough, UF’s lineman Jim Tartt garnered himself some well-earned mockery after joining a group called “Africa Gives Nothing To Anyone – Except AIDS.”
Even after all of that controversy, the University of Nebraska football players got themselves into some hot water on Facebook. SportsByBrooks calls attention to a party invite that was sent out, that read, in part:
"ANDY'S FREE, HUNTER'S F-----, AND YOU'RE A HOE PARTY
CUZ ANDY'S GETS HIS ANKLET OFF AND HUNTER GETS HIS ON"
The description of the party included:
"DRESS: MALES: REGULAR NIGHTLIFE ATTIRE
FEMALES: DRESS TO F--- YOU'RE FUTURE EX"
The University forced the poster to take the invite down, but not before several Cornusker players had signed up to attend.
Classy. What’s even more classy is celebrating the criminals on your team. The “Andy’s Free” of the invite is in honor of offensive lineman Andy Christensen who was just recently acquitted of fondling a woman in a bar. However, he did allegedly plead guilty to resisting arrest and criminal mischief in connection to the case.
If that wasn’t bad enough, “Hunter’s F-----“ has to do with dear Hunter Teafatiller, a former tight end arrested not once, but twice in a three month period for drunk driving.
While partying on behalf of criminal actions seems cause enough for outrage, in Nebraska’s defense, CBS criticizes them not just for the criminal aspect but for the “hoe” part of the invite.
Okay, so you shouldn’t refer to girls as hoes, but it wouldn’t be the first or nearly the last time a party in college did so. Ever hear of a “Pimps and Hoes” party? Or how about a “CEO’s and their Secretary Hoes” get-together? Or maybe a “Golf Pros and Tennis Hoes” shindig? Women willing attend all of these.
While that doesn’t make it right, the Nebraska players shouldn’t be singled out for being the only ones who come up with hoe-themed college parties. They should be singled out for thinking arrests are cool.







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http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=10555924 Posted 02/06/2009 1:24 PMReply