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College football player kicked off team for 'racist' anti-Obama tweet moaning that Sandy Hook memorial interrupted Sunday night game coverage
By Hayley Peterson
Source: Daily Mail
A North Alabama football player was dismissed from the team after posting a racist tweet Sunday aimed at President Obama while he spoke at the memorial for the Newtown massacre victims.
Bradley Patterson, the Lions' third-string long-snapper, was apparently frustrated that Obama's speech was interrupting NBC's coverage of Sunday Night Football.
'Take that n***** off the tv, we wanna watch football!' Patterson wrote on his Twitter account, which has since been deleted.
The tweet was sent while Obama was addressing the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were murdered by gunman Adam Lanza.
Team management quickly responded to Patterson's tweet by dropping him from the team.
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.'
Patterson joined the North Alabama football program four weeks into the 2012 season as a walk-on. He was a non-scholarship player who never dressed for games and was never listed on the team's roster.
Read more: Daily Mail
College football player kicked off team for 'racist' anti-Obama tweet moaning that Sandy Hook memorial interrupted Sunday night game coverage
By Hayley Peterson
Source: Daily Mail
A North Alabama football player was dismissed from the team after posting a racist tweet Sunday aimed at President Obama while he spoke at the memorial for the Newtown massacre victims.
Bradley Patterson, the Lions' third-string long-snapper, was apparently frustrated that Obama's speech was interrupting NBC's coverage of Sunday Night Football.
'Take that n***** off the tv, we wanna watch football!' Patterson wrote on his Twitter account, which has since been deleted.
The tweet was sent while Obama was addressing the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were murdered by gunman Adam Lanza.
Team management quickly responded to Patterson's tweet by dropping him from the team.
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.'
Patterson joined the North Alabama football program four weeks into the 2012 season as a walk-on. He was a non-scholarship player who never dressed for games and was never listed on the team's roster.
Read more: Daily Mail
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