John Bohannon, University of Texas-El Paso college basketball player has spent the last few days in hot-water over a not-so-PC tweet.
Bohannon tweeted: “#letsbereal it is NOT cool to be gay! (Zro voice) *jordan shrug*.”
The tweet was most likely in response to the anti-gay-bashing language PSA that aired during the NBA playoffs.
NBA players Grant Hill and Jared Dudley helped the NBA’s “Think Before You Speak Campaign.”
The two Phoenix Suns players talk about moving past gay slurs and negative words associated with gays. In the commercial Hill says, “Words have consequences, we’re accountable for the things we say, words have meaning” and Dudley adds, “Not cool.”
UTEP coach Tim Floyd was unaware of the situation when approached by the El Paso Times and offered no comment.
Since the tweet, though, Bohannon did offer an apology through the school.
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