Buck Burnette, backup center for the #5 Texas Longhorns, has been kicked off the team over racist comments he posted on his Facebook profile after Barack Obama won the presidential election.
Updating his status message shortly after Obama was elected president, Burnette wrote that hunters should get their guns. Those who saw his Facebook page claim he also used a racial slur.
Burnette changed his status message to an apology, saying, “Clearly I was in the wrong for what I did and I apologize for being a sore loser.”
In another apology he said: “Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.”
Burnette’s Facebook account has since been deleted.
When coach Mack Brown learned of what happened, he made the decision to release Burnette for what he called a violation of team rules.
Burnette, a sophomore, played in 20 games for the Longhorns, including seven this season at center or on special teams. He missed the Colorado and Oklahoma games because of an injury.
View screencap of Buck Burnette’s Facebook page.
Yesterday it was learned that New England Patriots cheerleader Caitlin Davis was fired after posting inappropriate photos on Facebook. It never ceases to amaze me that these people don’t realize everything on their profiles is public.