I can understand a young man Austin's age tweeting that. I'd attribute it to trying to strike back in a way to insult those from whom he felt insulted. Maybe the Tweet doesn't reflect the best mature judgment, but I don't expect that kind of judgment 100% of the time from young men his age.
I don't know how to embed Tweets on here, but did any one else notice Hector Gomez tweeted at 3-4 different account including @smalls103 saying Austin hadn't been contacted by Iowa several hours after Austin had posted his tweet stating that he had a phone call set up with U of I Admin.
Austin said he didn't see who said it. He pointed out the person yelling in the Mineo Tweet pic was not the person from whom he heard the slur. Austin said he knew what the pictured guy said, and he didn't want the pictured guy to be banned.
Did this work?
I equally have no doubts that Iowa haters are going to hate, the vast majority of Hawkeye wrestling fans are good people, and the vast majority of recruits are smart enough to recognize this person as an outlier.
You can see if it will work by hitting the preview icon. It sort of worked.
i don't disagree with you regarding many of the posts. However, why is Hector Tweeting out 3 hours after Ausints Tweet that Austin still "had not talked to anyone from Iowa". It is misrepresenting the situation, especially considering he is doing so on Mineo's account who is always trashing Iowa.
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You made me spit my Diet Coke out...I'm on your acronym game now. I got this one without looking it up!
No shite. I’d be happy if they just held the guy down and squirted some lemon juice in his eyes for being such a sourpuss.
I don't see how its an update at all. Austin provided the update 3 hours prior that a call was arranged. Do you think this call took place between 9 PM and 12 AM? What is to update?See
Racist Fans-- kind of sad if true
So, all 3 of the Gomez family members were greeted with racial slurs? And, that's what prompted the "in your head" tweet? Wow, not sure I would have tweeted that after being racially assaulted...just saying I can understand a young man Austin's age tweeting that. I'd attribute it to trying to...
Why think ill-intent first?
I assume one or more of his Twitter followers who may have asked.
Maybe I should have shown one of the other tweets. In each instance, Hector is directly replying to someone with a larger audience, not tweeting out to his followers
It's a two hour match, how do you manage to drink enough at Carver to become an a$$hole? Either the problem is pre-match alcohol consumed somewhere else, or the person is already an a$$hole and just happens to be holding a beer purchased at Carver.
I see your point.
Good points. However, from my personal experience, one can get sh*tfaced faster than you might think.
And neither do you, Jammy.
C'mon. There's no evidence that the UNSUB was intoxicated. Demonizing the CHA alcohol sales is a rush to judgment.
Obscenities or racial slurs? There is a huge difference, not that either is warranted.
Some bad apples do poison the well for everyone else, but if we are less than charitable to Gomez and his family, we make things much worse. If some loudmouth is shown harassing Gomez on video, let's find him, and U of I can make an example of him.
agreed. appreciate the reasonable discourse. I usually avoid posting due to many internet warriors only wanting to 'fight'
If we want to be open-minded and sensitive---given all thd crowd noise and disputed ability to hear--the UNSUB could have been a woman with a deep voice, and "him" may not be their preferred pronoun.
Could have….
I suspect that the people following Austin's Twitter may not be the same who follow Hector's. Hector may not even fully aware of Austin's 9PM Tweet. Hector follows over 500 others, and a quick scan revealed Mineo but I didn't see Austin (granted it may be there).
But fan is short for FAN-atic, as I have recently read on HR at least twice. And if I know fanatics, they do things with a gusto well above average. They may only be exceeded by zealots. I might put a zealot cisgender female Iowan ahead of an average cisgender male Iowan.
What are the odds they drag the Gomez controversy out as long as they tried to keep the Iowa/ISU post match theatrics alive?
Huh? Statistics say Iowa Man is more prone to violence than Iowa Woman. That’s a fact.
How come no one turned in the guy who threw the water bottle at Starocci? The silence is deafening.
Well, are you sure it happened? We’ll need to see notarized witness statements along with their personal contact info… You know…. just to be super sure.
Not really sure it was directed at Starocci. Looked more like they were going for Cael. Should have been aiming at the ref.
While I am sure that someone had to see who it was...I can also say from personal experience that one could have been as close as 15' to 25' away from the perpetrator and also not be able to clearly identify them. It was a full crowd and people were mostly focused on the action down below on the mat.
I’m pretty sure it was just a concerned fan trying to help Starocci rehydrate after a tough match. And that’s sportsman like!
I’m fairly certain someone did turn him in. He has been notified that he is no longer welcome in carver for wrestling matches or any other sporting event.
Well, it’s like the this…. lol
You're kidding right? Sandusky has been all over this board, and our board, for over 10 years. Here you guys sit on your high pedestal denying your racist environment that using @armbartilt phrase "Hundreds of people if not thousands were around" to witness. Further, at TWO different events this happened yet Iowa fans turned there collective heads. What a shame.
funny story--an nfl olineman was asked who the worst fans were and he said the raiders, Said they would have batteries and stuff lobbed at them in warmups. Said there was one guy that used to throw bullets but they were the same kind this lineman used so he liked going there, picked them up when ever he could
