"Head Rush!"



"Don't ever write it down bruh!"

 The First Amendment is alive and well and you certainly have the right to say whatever you want to in this country. The old timers would always say, "Whatever comes up comes out", others may call it "Not having a filter." The word of God says, “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks!” Mathew 12:34. Whatever you decide to call it is completely up to you. However, just because you have random thoughts doesn't mean that it's a great idea to release them and especially not to immortalize them in writing.

Yuri Wright, the 40th-ranked high school football player in the nation on the ESPNU 150 list, who is being recruited by schools all over the country, just threw a wrench in his scholarship hopes. He’s been expelled from school for sexually graphic and racial Twitter posts. Wright was dismissed from Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, N.J., on Wednesday, his high school coach, Greg Toal, confirmed to numerous media outlets.

"He was expelled from the school for the things he had written on Twitter," Toal told ESPNNewYork.com. "It was pretty simple really, what he wrote were some graphic sex things. This is a Catholic school, things like that cannot happen. It was totally inappropriate."

The young brother was kicked out for Tweets that began in July. The problem is, National Signing Day is just a few days away on February 1st. Several schools that have been heavily recruiting him have backed off including Michigan. It's unfortunate that he's put in all of the work to become one of the best players in the country and Tweeter takes him out. Like I always say, “In order to be GREAT you’ve got to be EXTREMELY GOOD at doing the things that require absolutely NO TALENT!” Listen up folks, it requires no talent to think!

I constantly remind my own son that you can't write everything down. Just because it popped into your head doesn't mean you need to share it bruh. That goes for adults too. I'm always blown away by what grown folks tweet or put on Facebook. We live in an "At Will" society when it comes to employment. What that means is that an employer doesn't have to have a reason to fire you.

They can come in one day and say well bruh; we don't need you anymore and walk you out of the front door with no questions asked! Just last summer Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendonhall lost major paper for being stupid with his tweeter account.

Shortly after Osama bin Laden was killed he tweeted, in response to the excitement of his death across the U.S., "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side..." He also tweeted on the Sept. 11 attacks: "We'll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style."

Champion Apparel, who was paying him at the time to endorse their line of athletic gear, dropped him like a bad habit for his comments. It's just not worth it bruh! The ole gangsta's (OG's) from around the way would always say, "Never write anything down that can be used as evidence." That wasn't an old wise tale that was the Code. When I was in school I may have told you anything but you couldn't prove it. I was never worried about going to the principals office because my favorite line was, "It's my word against yours bruh!" Now all they've got to do is pull the tape because people stop listening to the OG's.

I can't tell you of the number of folks that have been expelled from school, lost their scholarships or fired from their jobs because of Twitter and Facebook posts. Dude, it's the internet! That means that anybody with a computer or a smart phone can pull you up. If you're talking crazy at some point it's gonna bite you.

I pray that Yuri Wright can get back into school so that he can at least graduate on time with his class. I’m quite sure if he’s able to graduate then some coach out there will offer him a scholarship so that he can move on. If you’re not mature enough to handle the responsibility of social media. Don’t use it bruh because it’s easier to get off of it than to find a job in this economy.

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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