If you’ve never seen a dumpster fire before and was always curious as to what one looked like, the comments underneath this post should provide a fairly good visual of the phenomenon.
Tuesday, it was reported that, on its 2014-15 tax returns, the SEC reported total revenue of $527.4 million for the fiscal year that ended on the last day of August. That’s a 60-percent increase of its record-breaking revenue from just the previous year.
That astronomical figure led to renewed calls for student-athletes, college football players in particular, to share in what’s a very healthy and hefty financial pie. It also led to one player from a school in that conference to take to social media and let his feelings be known as to what he equates the current system, feelings which he ultimately deleted from Twitter but were saved for posterity’s sake anyway:
As one Florida scribe wrote, Jalen Tabor, a Gators defensive back “is no slave, but he is underpaid.” Right or wrong, he was also a lightning rod for criticism, coming under a deluge of denunciation for equating collegiate athletics to slavery.
That led to Tabor deleting the original comment and replacing it with an apology -- mostly.
Went to far with the slavery thing and I apologize , can't let my emotions get to me . But y'all get the message
— Teez Tabor (@_31Flavorz) January 20, 2016
Tabor is no stranger to social media controversy or apologies in the same medium.
Shortly after word of a one-game suspension broke in September of last year, Tabor sent out a tweet revealing his personal feelings on the “vortex” that is the UF Athletic Association. Additionally, he retweeted a follower’s tweet that suggested he had made a mistake in opting for the Gators.
A short time later, he deleted his initial tweet and, of course, apologized for it.
