Another popular Twitter controversy has risen this past week. According to Sports Illustrated, a student-athlete at Bloomsburg University has been kicked off the baseball team after posting an insensitive tweet. Joey Casselberry, a sophomore baseball player posted the following tweet about Mo'ne Davis, a girl that has recently been publicized with success in the Little League World Series:
In the summer of 2014, 12 year old Mo'ne Davis became the first girl to pitch a shut out in the Little League World Series. Recently, the Disney Channel network that they will be producing "Throw Like Mo", an original movie about Davis' life as a baseball teen. Soon after the announcement of this movie, Joey Casselberry published his tweet that went viral quickly. The University took action immediately and they also turned to Twitter to apologize to the public.
Bloomsburg Univ is deeply saddened by what was written about #MoneDavis by one of our student-athletes. His words do not represent us.
— BU Huskies (@GoBUHuskies) March 21, 2015
We take matter very seriously; addressed the issue with the student-athlete (who has been dismissed from team), coach, and the team.
— BU Huskies (@GoBUHuskies) March 21, 2015
Despite being a star athlete on the baseball field, Mo'ne Davis hopes to play college and professional basketball. With these goals, she felt bad that Casselberry was revoked from the team. Davis and her coach actually emailed the University asking that Casselberry could be re-admitted on the team. She wrote,
"He made one dumb mistake. I'm sure he would go back and change it if he could. We all make mistakes and deserve to be forgiven. I hope you will give him a second chance and allow him to play."
The University has since state that they respect Davis's concern, but will support their previous decision and keep Joey Casselberry off the team.In his public apology, Casselberry includes that his tweet is "an example that one stupid tweet can ruin someone's life.."
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