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A member of the Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) college football team has been expelled for particularly distasteful unsportsmanlike conduct at a women’s basketball game.
During Saturday’s lady hoops game between Westminster (Pa.) and hosting W&J, a football player representing the home team who was seated in the student section took taunting to a new low.
In an attempt to harass a talented Westminster player, the student held a sign up that simply read, “10-14-13,” the date the Westminster player’s father passed away.
Being that W&J’s home arena seats only about 2,000 fans and rarely hosts more than half that, the sign was hard to miss.
Parents & students are outraged after this @wjcollege football player held up this sign during Saturday’s women’s basketball game against @westminsterpa. W & J says the sign was intended to disrespect a player at Westminster. That’s the date the player’s dad died, her mom says. pic.twitter.com/iOWG29f5a7
— Amy Wadas (@AmyWadas) February 28, 2022
After members of the Washington & Jefferson administration noticed the cruel sign, they immediately removed the student from the game. By Sunday, they had expelled him from school.
Shortly after the game was completed, W&J’s football coach Mike Sirianni issued a statement condemning the tasteless act and apologizing on behalf of the football team:
“I offer my sincere apologies to (the Westminster player and her family), Westminster Women’s Basketball, and the entire Westminster community. The individual that was responsible for this unforgivable act, unimaginable act has been removed from the W&J football team…I am embarrassed and appalled, but mostly my heart aches for (the Westminster player) and her family. These actions are inhumane.”
In response, Westminster College stated, “[W]e do not condone disrespectful or hurtful actions targeted at players. We appreciate W&J’s swift response and decisive action in this case.”
2-27-22: the day an idiot was expelled.
Follow along on Twitter: @OhioAF
I’m sure his parents must be so proud! Good Lord! Do we no longer have common decency anymore!?
Wow. If that’s the only thing you can come up with, just put the marker down and leave the sign at home.
Look who’s holding the sign typical
Waiting for fake charges of racism to be logged by expelled student in 3, 2, 1…..
I had to do a doubletake of the pic because I initially thought the White kid behind him was holding the sign. It almost feels like the kid thought his black privilege was going to allow him to get away with this. Since Obama, then during the BLM riots of 2020 and with today’s DA’s, they’ve emboldened blacks. This kid probably thought he would, at worst, get a slap on the wrist.
Sadly, this sort of ‘taunting’ isn’t new. I seem to recall that Arizona State students chanted “Where’s your Dad Steve” and “PLO” at Steve Kerr in the late 80s. (Kerr’s dad was a professor in Beirut who was kidnapped and murdered 1984 when Steve was a freshman).
Ah so that’s why Steve Kerr is an anti American POS
Exactly