A&M Linebacker Transferred To Arizona Because Of "Hardships" - That Hardship Was Calling Black Players "Monkeys"
ESPN – Linebacker Santino Marchiol, who transferred to Arizona from Texas A&M and alleged that the Aggies’ coaches committed NCAA violations, is no longer on the Wildcats’ roster.
Arizona coach Kevin Sumlin told reporters Monday that Marchiol “was informed this morning that he’s no longer on the team.”
The announcement comes after a Hudl video, linked to an account believed to be Marchiol’s, surfaced Friday. The clip includes two people discussing footage of a Texas A&M scrimmage from April. A voice in the clip refers to several black players as “monkeys.”
Huge blow for all the racists out there. Once again a white man is being punished for referring to black people as animals. His huge mistake was not going the “sexist” or “sexual assaulter” route, which more often than not, programs don’t really seem to care about. Could have made a whole 4-5 year career at Baylor and not even had to worry about this whole transfer nonsense. But once you start insulting a huge segment of your team by calling them “monkeys” you’re pretty much cooked in that locker room.
Check out the statement from his attorney:
Attorney Thomas Mars, who is representing Marchiol, said he is “heartbroken” by the situation.
“As someone who helped lead the effort to advance diversity in the legal profession, served on the National Urban League board, and worked closely with people like Dennis Archer, Rev. Al Sharpton, and other prominent African-American leaders, I understand and respect the University’s decision,” Mars said in a statement. “On the other hand, as someone who’s grown close to Santino and who knows the quality of his character, the depth of his faith, and the sincerity of his convictions, I’m heartbroken. What can be heard on the highlights video doesn’t reflect the values or beliefs of the young man that I’ve come to know.”
A bizarro world version of “I have a black friend,” except it’s his attorney who has black friends, so many black friends that he can even name drop Reverend Al Sharpton, the ultimate black friend. No word on if Marchiol himself has black friends – the evidence would suggest otherwise, unless he found a niche that doesn’t mind being referred to as animals.
You may remember this dude as the one who, when he transferred to follow Sumlin to Arizona, tried to snake his immediate eligibility by being a rat.
Marchiol, who played for Sumlin at Texas A&M last season before deciding to transfer recently, alleged in a USA Today story that he was given hundreds of dollars in cash by assistant coaches to host recruits on unofficial visits; the staff conducted offseason workouts that were longer than NCAA rules allow; and the training staff mishandled his ankle injury.
Marchiol made his allegations in an attempt to gain immediate eligibility at Arizona rather than sitting out a season, as NCAA transfer rules require. Under new transfer legislation the NCAA passed in June, a player may get a waiver for immediate eligibility if “the transfer is due to documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete’s control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete.”
Well, well, well, how the turntables…