Beat Writers... Why are the MSU ones the only loose cannons??

[RougeDawg]

After Bonner's unnecessary shit tonight, along with our history, why is it that MSU seems to have the most negative press Beat Writers of the SEC? Would Bama, LSU, USC or even little boy OM put up with the shit we allow our beat writers to publish? They have access to some private stuff, yet will throw us under the bus at the first chance they get. I do not think Les, Nick, Steve, or The Beav would conitnue to allow such shit people around their programs after throwing their players or program under the bus, unnecessarily.

Morale of Story: This shit ****ing pisses me off beyond any means. Reminds me of the saying "don't say anything if you cant say anything nice" if you are in the position of our beat writers. Dont continually put down a program who's finally starting to separate itself and make a brand for itself.

I know they are journalists, but they need to be reminded who pays their salary sometimes.

[Drugdog]

There are NO consequences from our Administration. Until that happens expect more of the same. HEY Scott we are watching.

[bulldawg28]

They must learn

[JDog13]

I have generally been pleased with Boner's work, but this has pretty much erased everything he has done imo.

[msstate7]

What did bonner do tonight?

[EAVdog]

Bonner has been pretty good and although he doesn't see anything wrong with his actions tonight I think they were out of line. Warren (or whoever) is not a known entity in the SEC and his comments on twitter should not be interjected into the national debate over Gay Players in the NFL. His position as beat writers gives him full knowledge of our roster and the ability/position to be a 24-7 monitor of all things said on Social Media. There should be some professional discretion used when there is the potential to throw a huge 10,000 megawatt spotlight on some kid's tweet he probably spent 5 seconds writing without thinking of the consequences.

ETA: Since he's not from here he may not be aware of how the media loves to illustrate their displeasure with all things Mississippi.

[JDog13]

What did bonner do tonight?

He put Rufus Warren on front street about his tweets on Michael Sam.

[ScottH]

There are NO consequences from our Administration. Until that happens expect more of the same.

Does anyone in the administration have the sack to make an example of one of the beat writers?

[Quaoarsking]

What did bonner do tonight?

One of our players apparently Tweeted his opinion on Michael Sam coming out. He deleted pretty quickly, but Bonner screenshoted it and Tweeted it.

ETA: Just to clarify, Warren say something like "I don't support gays because of my religion" or anything like that. He said something along of "I have no problems with gays, but this sport is too violent for them. It's a man's game." (not a direct quote, paraphrasing). Which regardless of what you believe about gays in general, is a really dumb thing to say. He may have never knowingly interacted with a gay person and probably just doesn't know any better.

[Quaoarsking]

Ole Miss did a pretty good job of hushing up the Matthew Shephard play incident, which was about 1000 times worse than one of our players making a stupid comment on Twitter and then deleting it. We need to get better at that kind of thing.

[smootness]

I know they are journalists, but they need to be reminded who pays their salary sometimes.

That ain't Mississippi State.

[LeakyD]

Has Pitts been heard from since having his job threatened by OM. An actual crime occurred in that case.

[EAVdog]

That ain't Mississippi State.

No but they get paid to write stories that come from having access to Mississippi State.

[MSUDawg4Life]

I wouldn't stop with the beat writers. There other parasites making money off of the back of MSU who have proven that they will put their own interest above the interest of the university. Gene Swindoll, Rosebowl, DS and HD6 come to mind.

[EAVdog]

One of our players apparently Tweeted his opinion on Michael Sam coming out. He deleted pretty quickly, but Bonner screenshoted it and Tweeted it.

ETA: Just to clarify, Warren say something like "I don't support gays because of my religion" or anything like that. He said something along of "I have no problems with gays, but this sport is too violent for them. It's a man's game." (not a direct quote, paraphrasing). Which regardless of what you believe about gays in general, is a really dumb thing to say. He may have never knowingly interacted with a gay person and probably just doesn't know any better.

Which is exactly why some kid who probably doesn't know 1 gay person should not be interjected into this topic.

[SDDawg]

I think Bonner could have used better judgment on this one. I honestly don't think there's a story there based on the tweets immediately following the announcement. He could have easily ignored it and should have. If anything, he should have called the coaching staff or the AD and asked them if they want to be on the record.

BTW, the real story is what is the SEC going to do to educate players and train them on how to respond to this topic. The issue isn't going away, chances are there are other gay players out there in other SEC locker rooms and we need to give the athletes some support as they go through the cultural changes that are happening in sports. I am supportive of gay players but I also understand that we all weren't raised the same way and that this topic may be one that requires further discussion for a lot of the players.

[SDDawg]

Which is exactly why some kid who probably doesn't know 1 gay person should not be interjected into this topic.

Exactly right, this is not surprising at all. Many of these kids have just not been exposed to this and they don't know how to react. They need our support and the guidance of coaches and the university with the SEC's help, not to be put in the newspaper for comments that are made out of ignorance or in the heat of the moment. It wasn't like this was "hate speech", it's him trying to process what this means for the players. HINT: it's a BIG deal for the locker rooms and this change will take years to absorb at the pro, college and HS levels.

[ckDOG]

Exactly right, this is not surprising at all. Many of these kids have just not been exposed to this and they don't know how to react. They need our support and the guidance of coaches and the university with the SEC's help, not to be put in the newspaper for comments that are made out of ignorance or in the heat of the moment. It wasn't like this was "hate speech", it's him trying to process what this means for the players. HINT: it's a BIG deal for the locker rooms and this change will take years to absorb at the pro, college and HS levels.

Not suggesting it will be a non-issue for all locker rooms, but Sam claims to have come out to his teammates in August. Their performance this year indicates that adjusted pretty well.

[msstate7]

Not suggesting it will be a non-issue for all locker rooms, but Sam claims to have come out to his teammates in August. Their performance this year indicates that adjusted pretty well.

Think this would be the case if the player coming out was 3rd string tight end and not the star defensive player? I have no idea, but I have doubts

[Coach34]

How old are ya'll? And I thought I was old

Probably damn near every 20 yr old knows someone that is gay...Us older guys know some too, we just dont know it