Calm down.
Why do all the recruits from Miami have to black, for one? And another issue: if the player did actually feel unsafe, and protected his money as described, then the statement is a fact, not an opinion.

I’m hardly an Auburn fan (Tennessee alum to be accurate), but you are reading a bit much into it. First of all, the statement was attributed in the original article to someone other than the author (i.e. a paraphrased quote).

Second of all, you are criticizing the wrong blog! This is Team Speed Kills, not Track ’em Tigers.

Ease back a bit before you start calling people racists…

…not the author of this article. I thought I hit reply to his blog. Technology…

You might want to take some reading comprehension classes before you graduate. I didn’t say anything about the university being racist, I referred to the blog, which represents the university.

Jay knew exactly what he was doing when he mentioned that phrase…why else would he have included it? He wanted to point out the fact that Urban recruits minorities from Miami to supplement his argument. Why was that phrase needed? It wasn’t. It was a back-handed addition with no real purpose.

If I were you I would expect more out of blog that is representing my university.

Who put their wallet in their front pocket? I read it as if Urban was the one who did that in an effort to relate to the recruits (i.e. Salesmanship 101). If so, then the issue seems to be more about Urban acting like somebody he isn’t.

Why would you mention that statement? What purpose does it serve except to further an existing stereotype? I take it very seriously when writers use statements that can easily be construed as crossing a line. You could have just as easily made your argument by stating that your friend saw recruits that didn’t look to be “scholars” by his standards. No need to say that he felt threatened in that manner to make an argument that Urban doesn’t recruit based solely on academics.

And to set the record straight, I never called you or anyone a racist. I simply pointed out that the statement has that sort of tone where someone could easily imply a negative conclusion. I’ve never gone “after you personally”, but I have criticized your writing. Please let me know how that constitutes a personal attack.

A couple of these comments didn’t stray over the line — they did somersaults over the line. So let me be a bit tougher: I haven’t had an incident where I felt I had to enforce the standards. If this thread doesn’t become markedly more respectful, there will be at least one warning I can see.