NMSU OC put on leave pending an investigation
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Is anyone really surprised that racists are in football? They're at the hospital, at the grocery store they are like cockroaches as someone said illustriously about terrorists on another thread.
If you read the article, it’s the same account he’s had since he was in high school. That’s how HS kids talk, this generation just puts everything on the internet. I don’t believe he was/is racist or homophobic. That used to be the culture.
Think about when you were in HS, if there was an outted gay kid, everyone called them the f word. Doesn’t make it right, but that’s how it used to be. This guy was just stupid enough not to scrub his account.
I don’t feel sorry for him. That’s just how young people talk. Kids in HS today freely fling around the N word here in El Paso.
We have two 14-year-olds in Las Vegas who don't use that language.
Does this mean Eminem is a homophobic and by extension anyone that ever signed along to his songs?
The Joseph Kony tweets were something else.
Great reporting from the LC paper. NMSU needs to know the week they play UNM, they’re going to be in for some crazy shocking news story to drop.
Great reporting from the LC paper. NMSU needs to know the week they play UNM, they’re going to be in for some crazy shocking news story to drop.
But those gay tweets started when he was in college. It's weird how you are defending this moron.
No, this is not how normal high school kids talk. It might have been your culture and the stupid kids you hung out with in high school, but this is certainly very far from the norm.
No, "everybody" didn't called gay kids the "f word". It's weird how you think "everybody" uses those words.
I went to high school years before the tweets and none of that happened. Nobody cared if you were gay.
No, that's not how young people talk.
Do you go to high school or do you work in high school? Why would you even think that the "N word" is being widely used?
This moron tweeted "gay" around 80 times: https://x.com/search?q=@CoachWrightNMSU gay&src=typed_query&f=live
Judging by his tweets, he seems mentally ill.
Judging by his tweets, he seems mentally ill.
Creepy you see who people are following. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Opinion: Free speech for New Mexico State assistant doesn't mean freedom from consequences
Free speech doesn't translate to free pass. New Mexico State assistant Tyler Wright under fire for racist and offensive social media posts.
www.lcsun-news.com
Let’s make this clear: Tyler Wright can say whatever he wants, the baseline beauty of our perfectly imperfect country.
Tyler Wright can also be fired for saying whatever he wants.
New Mexico State’s offensive coordinator, Wright was not with the Aggies on Saturday for their rivalry game against New Mexico after the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Wright has more than 150 posts on his X account from more than 10 years ago that contain derogatory language about African-Americans, Africans, Hispanics and others.
NMSU officials say Wright won’t be with the team while the university investigates the posts.
Before we go further, this isn’t about cancel culture. Or mistakes of a young man who has moved forward in life, or everyone deserves a second chance, or what’s in someone’s heart. Or any other excuse of convenience.
This is about stupidity.
We all make decisions, no matter the age, no matter their impact. We are all responsible for the consequences of those decisions.
I know this is difficult for some to understand, but making dumb decisions – in this case, offensive remarks on social media, the world’s largest town square – will likely result in adverse reactions.
It wasn't that long ago when Michigan assistant director of recruiting Glenn Schembechler – son of legendary coach Bo Schembechler – resigned after racist and insensitive posts were found on his social media.
Look, I’m no constitutional scholar, but I’m pretty sure there’s nothing in that glorious document that declares protection from stupidity. Or accountability. Or responsibility.
A job is not a right. A job at a public university, where funds from taxpayers support the institution of higher learning, is most certainly not a right. It’s a privilege.
And with that privilege comes expectations, be they from the university, the athletic department or the head coach.
So if brand new NMSU president Valerio Ferme – hired all of nine days ago – decides Wright’s posts are problematic, he can decide that Wright must deal with the consequences of those posts in accordance with the expectations of the job.
I don’t like getting all technical, but if I don’t – if right and wrong are not clearly explained from the jump – political nonsense enters the fray. Then all those empty calories become the focal point.
Instead of the initial stupid decision ― repeated more than 100 times.
Make no mistake, Ferme can decide Wright will stay with the program. He can say Wright has changed, and he knows his heart and everyone deserves a second chance.
And I’m fine with that. Because Ferme will then have to deal with the consequences of that decision. So will coach Tony Sanchez, who’ll have to deal with any possible fallout in the locker room.
In these highly volatile moments, it’s best to eliminate emotion and focus on facts.
Wright made a stupid decision 13 years ago, and then repeated it over and over from 2011-14. It wasn’t a one-off mistake or flippant remark. It’s a sustained track record until he began his coaching career as a football intern in 2015.
The posts, as of early Saturday afternoon, haven’t been deleted. Frankly, they don’t have to be deleted.
Because Tyler Wright can say whatever he wants.
He can also be fired for saying anything he wants.
I believe you are spot on.
However I have this...since 2014, no one cared to look at his social media accounts?
It is what is it.....
However I have this...since 2014, no one cared to look at his social media accounts?
It is what is it.....
Scotty Walden probably doesn't think he has to look 10 years back in the posting history of every person he ever follows.
Apparently this loser is friend's with singer Koe Wetzel.
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