Catholic High School Football Star Expelled, Loses Scholarship Over Racist, Sexual Tweets
- Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:25am by
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Yuri Wright (Photo via Facebook)
Early last week, the Supreme Court decided not to hear cases pertaining to student punishment regarding their free speech rights on social media sites off campus. A day after this decision, a highly recruited New Jersey high school football star with a scholarship offer from the University of Michigan was expelled from his private school over what officials considered highly offensive tweets.
ESPN.com reported that Yuri Wright, a senior from Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, N.J., who was sought after by all major college football conferences, was expelled and his scholarship offer from U of M withdrawn over sexually explicit and racially charged tweets:
“He was expelled from the school for the things he had written on Twitter,” [coach Greg] Toal told ESPNNewYork.com. “It was pretty simple really, what he wrote were some graphic sex things. This is a Catholic school, things like that cannot happen. It was totally inappropriate.”
The reason, his coach said, was because of a series of tweets that began last July. Among the schools he is considering are Michigan, Rutgers, Notre Dame and Colorado. A number of outlets reported that Michigan has stopped recruiting him.
The cornerback was warned by school officials for months, according to ESPN.com, to stop using the micro-blogging site because he couldn’t curb his language, but failed to comply at the time. His Twitter handle (@YuriWright3) no longer exists now.
Here are some of Wright’s “cleaner” tweets:




There are more examples of Wright’s even more explicit tweets here, which include the n-word and sex (via Huffington Post).
The Detroit Free Press reports recruiting analyst Mike Farrell from Rival.com, which ranked Wright in its top 100 recruits in the U.S., as saying these tweets have “ruined” Wright’s chance at attending his “dream school” — U of M — but he hopes this action against Wright will send a message to other recruits to “to watch what they put out in cyberspace.” Still, ESPN.com reports Toal saying he believes Wright will still do well in terms of finding a college.
USA Today reports that Don Bosco Prep, where Wright attended, went 11-0, won its sixth state title in a row this season, and landed itself at No.1 on USA Today’s Super 25 high school football rankings.
With regard to what students say on social media sites off campus and subsequent school punishment, the Supreme Court declined to hear three cases on Tuesday last week. According to the Examiner, school’s appealed for clarification from the higher court because “school officials cannot afford to wait any longer for an answer (as to these boundaries).” The cases brought to the Supreme Court included: a high school girl who created a website making inflammatory comments against another student; a student who created a MySpace page appearing as if it were the profile of school’s principal with incriminating content; and another MySpace page created by students that parodied the school’s principal.
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Phoneguy
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:46amHis teachers and parents made him the person that he is.
Report Post »patrolbabe
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:06pmGive me a break, he is old enough to take responsibility for his actions! He was warned and counseled and refused to shape up, it’s all on hiim.
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:15pmAnd people like Obama!
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:21pmHe’ll end up at the University of Miami or Virginia Tech… fit right in.
Report Post »pennswoods
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:34pmPop culture helped make this person who he is and what he thinks. To get an idea what our popular culture is all about these days watch “the Comedy Channel” any Friday or Saturday after midnight and hear with your own ears the filth that spews from the mouths of the white and black “comedians”. Blacks use the “N” word in almost every sentence when they aren’t using the “F” word. Of course women are degraded and the audiences think this is really “funny”. Rap music lyrics 100 times more nauseating but who cares? Racism and sexism is a vice when practiced by the majority, both are virtues when practiced by a minority.
Report Post »Ken2
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:37pmI would not assume the plural form of parent. If his father is in the picture, he’s doing a really bad job.
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:50pmJust like the Vick brothers – you can take the kid out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of the kid!
Some college will pick this turd up. Why? Because colleges no longer have any integrity, and football is king.
Report Post »wtune
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:09pmThis makes me sick!!! Whatever his teachers and parents did, he should have some feeling of self respect. But apparently he thinks because he can play football, no other rules apply except those on the field. No one has the right to demean our entire society because he can play football or any other sport. And that applies to other people who think they are “bigger than life>”
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:20pmHe may be not be in the jungle, but the jungle sure is in him.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:37pmTHats right parents are not responsible anymore ?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:39pm“Say she ain’t no hoe but she far from a virgin“ Clearly he was at Don Bosco ”Prep”, the number 1ranked high school football team in the nation, because of his academic abilities and performance.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:41pmmore like.. just his parents. if my kid turned out to be a turd, like “yuri”, i wouldn’t blame the teachers, i’d blame myself.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 3:00pmYes, I’m sure the Catholic school teachers are responsible…
After all, he could not possibly be responsible for HIS OWN CONDUCT!
Report Post »proantisocialist
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 3:32pmimma marry me bad ass white women someday!
Report Post »and im called a racist?
DesdemonasCrew
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 4:09pmNo, our society’s worship of athletes and the plethora of crappy role models in sports made him this way. He feels that he is above it all because of the attention given to him due of his skills. Maybe this slapdown will bring him back to reality.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 4:13pmJRook:
Report Post »I don’t really know, but he may be very articulate and educated, but our crappy culture makes him “cool” when he talks ghetto. He really impresses his “peeps” when he communicates this way. Music and media glamorize this crapola.
robert
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 5:32pmThis incompetent dork couldn’t even pass a high school GED test, let alone qualify for college. I’m betting, though, that he’ll get admitted somewhere under an AA program that overlooks imbecility in favor of promoting athletes.
But, after having said that, I‘ve got to agree he’s the usual quality of black athelete that swells the ranks of college and professional sports, and who have repeated trouble with law enforcement constantly.
If the rabid greed mongers in academia ever required athletes to be able to do college level work before they were admitted, most all college sports teams would consist of mostly whites.
This is just one more bit of evidence the American experiment in diversity is an utter failure.
The greatest lie today is that “diversity is our strength,” when it is unquestionably our greatest failure and will soon be shown to be just exactly that.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 5:43pmThis is called normal in todays world.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 6:44pmBosco Prep High School,
thank you for enforcing standards! Please give your principal a raise!
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:59pm@sWampy
Not necessary. I‘ll bet you’re a Left troll out to make the Right look racist, aren’t you?
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 10:28amBye bye thug. Say goodbye to football. Say hello to Walmart!
Report Post »Frugalone
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:14amHe was warned about using the social network with his vulgar comments. He choose not to listen and choose to ignore the advice given. Therefore, he got what he deserved.
Report Post »Treeoyo
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:42amperfect prospect for the NFL.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 4:15pmBingo!!! Thats why I dont watch it.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 4:17pmBingo !! Thats why I dont watch it.
Report Post »oregon scott
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 6:35pmRay Lewis went to prison and mr. vick killed dogs, and yet they are still playing in the NFL. you are right a great fit.
Report Post »Sofa_King_tired_of_Obama
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:36amWeeeellll, when the half-black president is openly racist, sees everything through his nasty wife’s racist eyes, studied under Rev Wright (proud racist) and passes laws to insult and force Catholics to violate their passionate beliefs (abortions) ,,,,,whats a little foul language on twittee page?
Give Rodney another chance…..
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:01pmWhen Mittens or Newter tries to get up there and debate this fictionalized character that you all believe exists then the real one is going to crush them.
Have fun losing to Obama.
barber2
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:29pmBIBLE: Your name gives your arrogant little “secret” away : Just another Big Lie Troll sent to Occupy the Blaze. So transparent…like your boss.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:33pmEric Holders “people” have spoken.
Report Post »Mitchm999
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:37pmYou are so right. When a high school kid in new jersey makes racist/sexual comments, it is Obama’s fault. Just like george bush’s economic meltdown.
Report Post »toto
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:23pmHooray for the Catholic school! This kid is a perfect example of kids given every opportunity to succeed and they are just so low class that they can’t be decent human beings.
Report Post »LB
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:28amI’d like to know what his ACT/SAT scores were to deserve college entrance and scholarship
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:34amThey don’t matter, he is a jock. You have to have your priorities straight. (sarcasm)
Report Post »Roberto G. Vasquez
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:42am@LB
Back at the “U” I only saw “special athletes” attend class for the finals, and they already had the answers. Otherwise they never came to class. The only thing that surprises me about this case is that one school finally did the right thing!
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:28amOn a related note, the Mayor of Philadelphia speaks out on parental responsibilities. A stunningly frank commentary:
Report Post »http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/20/philly-mayor-%E2%80%98absolutely%E2%80%99-stands-by-idiots-and-aholes-remark-video/
B_rad
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:24pmTotal props to this mayor. If more people, in all walks of life, called out the bad behavior, instead of excusing it, we’d be far better off.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:22amThis guy is another idiot from the rap / hip hop culture that does nothing but celebrate ignorance and the degradation of women. Guess how many players in the NFL sound just like this guy? Thats why they crack down so hard on endzone celebrations. If they didn’t, it would be a 20 minute version of soul train every time someone scores.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:28amclassic case of alligator mouth over riding a tadpole butt.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:25pmI disagree. Soul train had class, yo. Sweet sistas and the dudes wont strapped all the time. The new thugs, well, yo, gots to represent, yo. Yo, big props to my NEA. Yo.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:20amlol… good..
Report Post »TheBigMike
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:14amI read the X-rated tweets on the other site. Please tell me, Blazers, is this typical of today’s youth? I am a single father with a nine year-old son. I don’t shelter him, but we live in Short Pump, Virginia, one of the most conservative places in the country, we don’t watch TV, and we live by Ephesians 6:10-17. So tell me, is this young fellow emblematic of today’s American youth, or is he an outlier?
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:25amI’m 26, and I’ll tell you that this is EXACTLY how our youth are today. Even MY generation is like this, but luckily, I had parents that gave a hoot, and I grew up better than that (only slightly). It’s sad…keep your boy safe and protected, because they start REALLY young these days…
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:31amhome school fi possible
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:42amYEP! I’m 28 and most people in my generation sound alarmingly like this idiot.
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:10pmWe have tolerated this type of behavior because of a perception of black culture, term used very loosely here, somehow must be validated. This under the guise of diversity. Any opposition is viewed as racist. Because all white people are supposed to know that blacks are overly sexualized, prone to criminality, sexually irresponsible and promiscuous, lacking in intelligence to distinguish civil conversation and proper vocabulary. Plus, all of the aforementioned, is the white man’s fault if it is indeed not inherent to their specific racial genome.
When hip-hop is celebrated as the “new poetry of urban youth” etc….what can you possibly expect. This coupled with the fact that actual literature and history is so distorted in public schools that the students have no idea of truth. When you add that graphically violent video games are the primary source of entertainment for males 9 to 34 years old, the problem just increases. The fact this guy is a jock just compounds the problem geometrically. Convicted felons take the field in the NFL every day of the week and are celebrated by people because of some misplaced blind loyalty to a city or team These same people that celebrate these criminal morally bankrupt thugs wouldn’t give them the time of day if they were just the next criminal on the street.
I would say even if you protect your son at home, if he is in the public school system you have a major problem. The misinformation is gargantuan. The indoctrination is rele
Report Post »one.dakine.howlie
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:12pmIt’s the story for at least 50% of our youth today. I’m 25 and can tell you that half the kids I went to school with were like this.
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:13amObviously, another intellectual giant with those posts. Apparently his school only had him there to play ball.
Report Post »Virginia Rebel
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:11amThis guy sounds WAY too under-educated and dumb to be going to college any way. And he’s not even a public school student. I imagine they kicked him out for his bad grammar as much as for his sex and racist talk. He was making them look like they were failing to educate their students.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:05pmVirginia– His time in the 40 yd sprint counts more than a 4.0 GPA,ah yes, another student athlete
Report Post »TXVET48
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:07pmHe’s a senior and football season is over. He’s no longer needed. Too bad he didn’t take advantage of an education while he was playing football.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:11pmAnyone remember Dexter Manley? Played for the Redskins and learned how to read after playing in the NFL for years,I forget what college he “attended”
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:20pmTru dat yo. Yo.
Report Post »floridacockleburr
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 5:16pmNOBAMA – must have been harvard
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:03amProbably will have to go straight to Oakland, I‘m sure there’s a place for him with the Raiders.
Report Post »mils
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:14amNo doubt he’ll be picked up, no soubt at all…the school may have expelled him, but you can be sure someone rushed in to help him…NO morals, eithics has this nation in the position it’s in.
Report Post »This boy knew what he was doing was wrong, the school asked him to quit, he chose not to…no respect for himself or authority…
Yeah, Oakland would be a nice fit….”forget college, we’ll pay you millions, you don’t need no education and you can tweet all you want to whomever and say whatever” who cares, this is America the land of do what ever the hell you want..
freeweever
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:20amLolololol
Report Post »Grace1798
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:01amI joined Facebook years and years ago. I really liked it till I made some Conservative comments and ………FACEBOOK began to BLOCK ME. Yea, a nobody like me! This is how controlling these people who run facebook are. I investigated them and found out how they do not keep anything about you confidential. Nothing they promise you is taking place, they just lie about it. They are using your stuff to sell to others to make money AND they are friends with OBAMA. If you are still on FACEBOOK, check out the Muslim pages. You will notice FACEBOOK ENCOURAGES them and never blocks them! I left when I began my investigation and never returned. Also, first time I joined Twitter, someone else stole my account………..and I barely got started! So I left that place too. I’ll never return to either of them or anything like it. Much TOO INVASIVE.
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:38amThank You for the information, it was worth reading.
Report Post »Mitchm999
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:40pmPraise to Allah.
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:47amYes Facebook is part of the Muslim conspiracy. Just like the President of the United States and the 70 million free Americans that voted for him. Add to the list the Hawaiian newspaper editors that published the false birth announcement because they knew that 48 years later that fictional infant would be elected President.
Report Post »Fear, paranoia, and stupidity breeds bigots.
COFemale
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:55amKids are stupid. They do stupid things and then they do really stupid things. Their brains are still growing and according to Dr. Phil, they can’t see the consequences of their actions. This does not mean he excuses their actions, it just means they are too stupid to see.
Word to anyone below 21, don’t use your real name and/or real picture if you are going to send racial or sexual tweets.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:25amWord to anyone under 21 or over 21: Don‘t post hate and then you’ll never have to worry about your real name or picture.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 3:51pmand the way they learn NOT to do stupid things is to suffer the consequences when they make wrong choices. Otherwise all they learning is that they will always be given another chance or that their excuses will work. Perhaps, if this young man has any common sense, he will learn to monitor what comes out of his mouth and what he tweets and/or puts on Facebook.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:54amFREEDOM requires that Racists be treated as Social Equals even if they would not treat you that way… otherwise the PC Fascists create their own form of Discrimination!
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:52amYou know the old saying…”Live by the tweet, die by the tweet, twit”…
Report Post »eschatologist
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:48amI think this deeply hurts his career as a brain surgeon or rocket scientist.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:51amBut not for POTUS!
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:47amWhen these intellectually challenged Twitter users wake up they might use some common sense and realize everyone is reading their posts. Some young people and middle aged people think that they are “fire proof”. When you post things on the web it goes all over the world in seconds.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:44amHmmm. Top 40 ESPN recruit not going to Michigan. Great news for a Ohio State fan. He’s still going to get a full ride somewhere.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:59amIt’s all about making money for the university. God forbid that anyone paying for your education should have an expectation of a young man to act as a civilized member of society. Maybe it would be benificial to put in these kids contracts that they need to drop their“street cred” garbage at the gate of the university.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:15amThat isn’t going happen though. 1 out of 8 schools withdrew their scholarship offer. I‘m not banking that the others will follow Michigan’s lead. Even if they did, a division 2a school would pick him up and he’ll still have a chance to get into the NFL.
Report Post »hapvalpsu
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:08pmMaybe Coach O‘Brien’s first recruit at Penn State?
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:44amThe gub’ment must step in and stop this type of rhetoric, of wait hes black, nevermind, i misspoke………
Report Post »Locked
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:39amOpen and shut case. The school is private and has its own rules. Step outside what they find acceptable and it’s perfectly allowable to face the music.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:09am“But what about the constitution it over rides any f’ing rule… ”
Indeed. Good thing that the Constitution sets the basis, but is not the entirety, of our legal system, huh?
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:11amIslam With you rights comes resposibility. This kid’s verbage insulted the private institute paying for his education. Bottom line, the kids mouth overloaded his a$$. He exsersized his right of free speech and the university decided they were not going to support that mindset. Go find another free bee somewhere else.
Report Post »tgoyer
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:22amHey genius, the 1st Amendment only says that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech…” Says nothing about whether a school can punish you for what you say.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:24am@Islamhater:
Report Post »I am happy to say that private institutions are still free to decide who they wish engage and at what level. It is a private school, they don‘t approve of the guy’s behavior/character, he’s out. I am sure he will find a public school where such behavior is accepted, if not encouraged.
The misapprehension of ‘freedom of speech’ is a big, big problem. Witness OWS. They may express any social or political thought they wish without fear of the GOVERNMENT repressing them, but they are not (or at least should not be) free to interfere with the rights of others in the process.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:36amWTF. Y duz all teens have 2 right sew stupidly. Obvious he hasn’t been going to class or studying.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:35am.
expelled from his private school?…….
Q: How did this Idiot get into a Private School?
A: They won’t let me say what I want…….
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:06amHe runs with a football.
Report Post »hud
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:10amNi**er bemakin rap about this crap as we speak.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:35amAm sure Eric Holder is dusting off the Discrimination Card. Under the Lefties, any and all inappropriate behavior is allowed. Especially if you are a minority. Remember the housing fiasco ? All caused because banks were forced to provide loans to the poor / minorities or the banks were ” discriminating.” The Discrimination Card is ruining America. Am sure The Supreme Court will eventually nix these cases. And that is why Obama / Democrats are trying so hard to do their Character Assassination against the court to their rabid, angry base .
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:44amYeah, I was shocked to see this athlete was black. Eric Holder likes to have two sets of rules. Ones for whites and Asians; and a separate set for blacks and Hispanics. If there were anything Holder could do, I’m sure he would. I can’t see how he would intervene here though.
Report Post »floridacockleburr
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:34amWhy is it that the advice is to “watch what they put out into cyberspace” and not quit acting like they just escaped from the plantation?
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:30amThe Supreme court has no jurisdiction here. If offenses are committed, then the consequences should be applied at the STATE level, and schools have the right to accept or reject applicants. What do we need Supreme Overlords for ?
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:50amDude gonna be welcomed wit open arms at da U , dog!
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:13pmTrue dat
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