McCaffery Suspended

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BTW, I agree with the suspension but ...

Did you really just compare this to the problems at Penn State or Amherst????

I think the comparison related to response, which institutions often suffer from by being bureaucracies. Any inference on your part relating tweets and sexual molestation are on you.

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Addendum: btw, I also agree that this was not the worst offense ever committed, but a suspension is entirely fair and probably needed even for her safety. If a kid can be suspended drinking a beer or puffing a joint in high school or college then a suspension here is absolutely necessary. So, in this real world, some of you really think "a stern talking to" would have sufficed???

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BTW, I agree with the suspension but ...

Did you really just compare this to the problems at Penn State or Amherst????

I'm not comparing the events by severity. I'm looking to see if School officials address their issues or cover them up/make excuses. Remember that PSU started with a single debatable event. You have to decide whether and how to do what's right. Protecting the institution can become a big problem.

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"BTW, I'm no BC fan, but good job AD. Handled this better so far than Amherst or Penn State did."

Couldn't let this one go. Comparing a ball in the face to multiple rapes of multiple minors is crap, and you know it. Also, the Amherst player served a two-game suspension, so doesn't that trump the BC one-game suspension?

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You are really out of touch and confusing several different issues. If the student-athlete is truly concerned about the horrors of Sandusky and PSU then she could have written a 20 page on the topic for one of her classes, or written an editorial for the BC college newspaper. Tweeting insults of this nature about the opponent you are about to play is horrible judgment at best. I don't there was any intent to "speak out" out child sexual abuse here. And yes, I am sure there is not a D1 school in the country that does not review guidelines for social media for student-athletes.

The only semi-cogent argument made on this thread is the idea that she undersestimated the reach of her tweets. That is possible and I'm sure she did not expect the firestorm that ensued. That said, she should know just from seeing what happens to the tweets of professional athletes and other high profile persons (Donald Trump and others just a week or so ago).

Those of you bringing in Benghazi and somehow using this to take another jab at Obama are truly lowly creatures. And people insist it isn't racist. States petitioning to secede from the Union. Redneck musicians threatening to kill. Celebrities talking about the "worst scam ever perpretrated against the American people." Accusations of being a dangerous terrorist Muslim. All that for just being a center left President? Right. Imagine how easily he would have won if he wasn't facing raw, primitive, white redneck racism every single day. I'm surprised he isn't being blamed for the Needham PK. Oh, that's right, he was for Somerville because they have minorities who also don't have birth certificates.

Great post, at least for 2 paragraphs. Regarding the last, I don't necessarily disagree with you, but that nonsense cuts both ways. No segment of this society has a proprietary position on stupidity - right or left. But your broad point is a good one - much of the commentary here is simply gratuitous. Whether the prior post suggesting that condemning SM's tweets is the equivalent to sweeping Sandusky under the rug or that the grandstanding about Sandusky is a necessary component to this story, the details or topic of the tweets are IRRELEVANT - SM's choice to engage in conduct that crosses a line of good judgment and inappropriateness, especially in a public forum is all that matters.

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"BTW, I'm no BC fan, but good job AD. Handled this better so far than Amherst or Penn State did."

Couldn't let this one go. Comparing a ball in the face to multiple rapes of multiple minors is crap, and you know it.

I'm not the OP here, but clearly you and perhaps others are struggling with the English language. No such comparison was made. How you took the comment to mean that comparison is unfathomable to me.

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Coming from the Hypocrites on the Hill who have more skeltons in the closet that they need 2 closets, this reaction is disingenuous at best. Total overreaction to some benign sophomoric humor against an insitution that deserves no protection from ridicule whatsoever. Thought Police - 1, 1st Amendment - 0

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Great post, at least for 2 paragraphs. Regarding the last, I don't necessarily disagree with you, but that nonsense cuts both ways. No segment of this society has a proprietary position on stupidity - right or left. But your broad point is a good one - much of the commentary here is simply gratuitous. Whether the prior post suggesting that condemning SM's tweets is the equivalent to sweeping Sandusky under the rug or that the grandstanding about Sandusky is a necessary component to this story, the details or topic of the tweets are IRRELEVANT - SM's choice to engage in conduct that crosses a line of good judgment and inappropriateness, especially in a public forum is all that matters.

Sorry, but the right does have closer to a "proprietary position on stupidity." And it is beyond my comprehension that folks like McConnell and the others hell-bent on filibustering their way through 4 years (and now 8) are not called out and held accountable. And they are allowed to act like they are the true patriots?

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Addendum: btw, I also agree that this was not the worst offense ever committed, but a suspension is entirely fair and probably needed even for her safety. If a kid can be suspended drinking a beer or puffing a joint in high school or college then a suspension here is absolutely necessary. So, in this real world, some of you really think "a stern talking to" would have sufficed???

This is TS - OF COURSE there are people here that think a "talking to" would be an appropriate response, both in terms of punishment and deterring any future incidents.

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Coming from the Hypocrites on the Hill who have more skeltons in the closet that they need 2 closets, this reaction is disingenuous at best.

Would those be red skeltons?

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"BTW, I'm no BC fan, but good job AD. Handled this better so far than Amherst or Penn State did."

Couldn't let this one go. Comparing a ball in the face to multiple rapes of multiple minors is crap, and you know it. Also, the Amherst player served a two-game suspension, so doesn't that trump the BC one-game suspension?

The Amherst/BC is a more useful comparison. I can't say which punishment will be worse, because we don't know if it will remain only one game, but BC made a public comment on this issue, acknowledging what happened and setting a clear example for others. To my knowledge Amherst made no such comments, nor did anything happen in the direction of Colby or the kid who was hurt.

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Coming from the Hypocrites on the Hill who have more skeltons in the closet that they need 2 closets, this reaction is disingenuous at best. Total overreaction to some benign sophomoric humor against an insitution that deserves no protection from ridicule whatsoever. Thought Police - 1, 1st Amendment - 0

Wow. So your kid can get suspended for having a beer but you feel this incident is a textbook example on infringement of free speech. Forget PSU for a moment. Let's say she just tweeted out some random trash about FSU or UNC. Any coach worth his or her salt would put her on the bench. This is not even a close call. She better be hoping she is allowed to return next year. The notion that she could be permitted to play in the next game is preposterous.

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Coming from the Hypocrites on the Hill who have more skeltons in the closet that they need 2 closets, this reaction is disingenuous at best. Total overreaction to some benign sophomoric humor against an insitution that deserves no protection from ridicule whatsoever. Thought Police - 1, 1st Amendment - 0

This is not a first ammendment issue.

A student athlete is a representative of the university and, when they step out into the general public they have a responsibility for carry themselves in an appropriate way.

This is simply a case of 'when in public, you are representing BC and should behave accordingly'

You can say what you want among friends but when you are a representative of the university you can't shout it from the rooftops.

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Too bad HB is not anymore at Penn State. She would take care the matter on the field.

Amazing how stars players transfer, fight, get in trouble and so forth so on...

You realize the two girls were teammates for years, right?

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"BTW, I'm no BC fan, but good job AD. Handled this better so far than Amherst or Penn State did."

Couldn't let this one go. Comparing a ball in the face to multiple rapes of multiple minors is crap, and you know it. Also, the Amherst player served a two-game suspension, so doesn't that trump the BC one-game suspension?

Actually, I was refering to the rape scandal at Amherst.