Vanderbilt Football Doesn't Need Your Permission

[superman7515]

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Vanderbilt football has come under fire on Twitter for a poorly worded slogan that was being used as a rallying cry for the 2015 season. Jeff Ermann of InsideMDSports.com provided the evidence of the Commodores' Twitter post:

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Upon seeing the response to the slogan, the team did tweet out an official apology for appearing to make light of a very serious situation, even if that wasn't the intent:

VandyFootball @VandyFootball (https://twitter.com/VandyFootball)We apologize for today’s tweet. It’s not a comment about sexual assault. Sex without permission is always wrong and not accepted. (1/2)

1:47 PM - 6 Aug 2015 (https://twitter.com/VandyFootball/status/629348133777113088)



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VandyFootball @VandyFootball (https://twitter.com/VandyFootball)

Sexual assault is not acceptable at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Athletics and Vanderbilt Football. (2/2)
1:47 PM - 6 Aug 2015 (https://twitter.com/VandyFootball/status/629348180015104000)



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Earlier, in January, per Stacey Barchenger and Joey Garrison (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2015/01/27/vanderbilt-players-verdict-guilty-rape-vandenburg-batey/22430567/) of USA Today, former Vanderbilt football players Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were found guilty on all counts of raping an unconscious woman in a dorm.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Damn, that was not well thought out. I can think of a few situations where this could turn out very, very humiliating for them. Not that it isn't already but...

[Laker]

I'm against political correctness but with the rape case this wasn't thought out at all.

The question, "What were they thinking?" can be answered simply that they weren't.

[BisonFan02]

Damn, that was not well thought out. I can think of a few situations where this could turn out very, very humiliating for them. Not that it isn't already but...

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[superman7515]

I'm against political correctness but with the rape case this wasn't thought out at all.

The question, "What were they thinking?" can be answered simply that they weren't.


Right? And it's not like it was a he-said/she-said case with a lot of grey area, they took video. That happened, for real, in real life. Terrible idea.

[bkrownd]

"Whatever" on the "controversy", but the important thing is they're lucky to be rid of that dumb puzzler of a slogan.

[Laker]

"Whatever" on the "controversy", but the important thing is they're lucky to be rid of that dumb puzzler of a slogan.

I used to tell my classes that if they were sick, they didn't need permission to run to the bathroom. They could just go. Maybe that is what they meant. xrotatehx

[Catsfan90]

It sounds like a bunch of teenagers that are mad at their parents. "I dont need your permission dad, I do what I want!" controversy aside, its jsut a really stupid slogan.

[eiu1999]

Wonder how many people approved that.

[bkrownd]

Wonder how many people approved that.

Don't NEED no PERMISSION, dammit!

[Catatonic]

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[Catatonic]

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[eiu1999]

Don't NEED no PERMISSION, dammit!

Obviously.