A North Alabama football player was dismissed from the team after posting an insensitive tweet and a racial slur about Obama’s speech during the Newtown, Connecticut vigil.
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Upset that the vigil and Obama’s speech was interrupting NBC’s coverage of Sunday Night Football, Bradley Patterson, the Lions’ third-string long-snapper, tweeted:
‘Take that n***** off the tv, we wanna watch football!’
Team management responded quickly to the tweet after it was brought to their attention by students.
North Alabama athletic director Mark Linder issued a statement on his Twitter account later Sunday evening condemning Patterson’s comments.
‘Thx 2 everyone who brought the inappropriate tweet to our attention,’ Linder wrote. ‘@UNAAthletics does not condone. He is no longer a member of the team.’
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His Twitter account has since been deleted…and so has he.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
