UMass Boston will discipline soccer players for ‘inappropriate’ tweets
Several students tweeted insults at former pro Taylor Twellman.
The University of Massachusetts Boston chancellor said the school will discipline three members of the its soccer team for making “inappropriate comments’’ toward pro former Major League Soccer player Taylor Twellman on Twitter.
Twellman, whose stellar career with the New England Revolution ended in 2009 after he suffered a concussion, is active in promoting awareness of head injuries in soccer. His efforts helped push U.S. Soccer to create new guidelines that prohibit youth players ages 10 and under from heading the ball.
Three members of UMass Boston’s men’s soccer team took aim at Twellman on Twitter earlier this week, publishing several derogatory tweets.
“[Q]uit everything you do,’’ one student wrote, “that’s why soccer doesn’t grow in the USA cause of p—- c—- like you.’’
Twellman took photos of the tweets and notified the Twitter accounts of UMass Boston and UMass Boston’s men’s soccer team.
(Warning: The tweet below contains strong language.)
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“We hold our student-athletes to the highest standards of conduct and do not tolerate this kind of behavior on social media, or anywhere else,’’ Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation Charlie Titus said in a statement. “These comments in no way reflect the views of the university or the men’s soccer program.’’
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