OSU fan offers $2000 bounty to "sideline" LTT "permanently" [EDIT]
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ED:BISB: Mr. Watson posted to this thread:
I have been receiving a lot of requests for comment on my stupid remarks made last night on my Twitter account. They may be found by clicking the below link. Thank you - I'm sorry.
http://www.espiremarketing.org/im-sorry/
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Good job tweeting this with your real name AND a photo. Make the police's job easy.
This thread needs to be taken down in my opinion. This man did an incredibly stupid thing, we've all given him all the shit that he deserved, but there's no need to try and ruin a guy's life for all of this. He deleted it, there's no need for people to be saying things that have been said on this thread.
Everyone makes mistakes, even grown men. This is a mistake that warrented us making fun of him and calling him stupid and all of the regular things we do when the ohio stereotype is played out in real life.
But the guy is a real person, and I just don't like the fact that this could linger for him. It was a tweet, it was really really stupid. He deleted and apologized. Lets please all move on and let him live his life.
I'm going to go ahead and say that deleting his twitter and having a hate thread about him on a college sports blog is right on par with the punishment he deserves. He said something extremely stupid, but there's no way it was serious in any manner. He made a very poor joke in very poor taste. That's it.
If you've never done something similarly stupid, go ahead and google bomb his name and whatever else you guys want to do. But it's really sad that some people on this blog are so determined to make his life miserable. I guarentee you it's already bad enough right now.
The punishment should be to be made fun of on a blog. Glad you're not a sentencing judge. Oh, and have your twitter rights revoked (which really, we all know he's going to just start another account under another handle). You weren't serious about losing twitter as being a punishment, were you? Like that's a big loss in life? Seriously?
And no, I can honestly say I've never publically offered anyone money to injure another person, even in jest. Bad jokes in poor taste? Sure. Telling people to hurt other people without the slightest hint of irony? Uhm, no. Guess I'm just way holier than thou.
Where has he apologized? Link? Quote?
I don't like the idea that people think sanctioning a hit can just be washed away with "Oops, my bad!"
People need to start taking responsibility for their actions. Or better yet, think with their pea sized brains before they act and don't do it in the first place.
By apology I should've said explanation. When he explained that he loved the rivalry and would've been proud if LTT was a Buckeye and did it.
All I'm saying is that I think he's been sufficiantly and appropriately been chastised for his mistake. He deleted his twitter. And he's being made fun of on this blog, which I have no problem with. I just don't think there's a need to take it past that point like some people were saying needed to happen.
He can now go away from my life and live his own miserable one as an obscure ohio fan (they all live miserable lives) whom I hope to never see or hear about again.
I promise to step off the soap box now... I just didn't like the tone this thread was starting to take.
Actually, the police need to know about this, because it has to at least be a misdemeanor and possibly a felony. As for "ruining his whole life," what would it do to LTT if someone did take him out on purpose?
Not only is it a possible felony, but since the tweeter is white and LTT isn't, it might qualify as a "hate crime." I hope this asshole gets the book thrown at him.
Not an expert on 'hate crime', but I'm pretty sure the actions have to be driven by racial bias. Pretty sure there's a good case to be made that this is driven by football team loyalty. That said depending on the exact circumstances of his tweet/its take down the could/should get involved.
That's criminal in a few different ways... but we'll start with Telecommunications Harassment (http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2917.21), which is a 1st degree misdemeanor.
But then I wasn't sure who should be contacted first. Guy put the hit out on the kid. Seriously, like... organized crime. There's got to be a felony in there somewhere.
It could be solicitation or conspiracy, but I doubt it went far enough to actually convict him of either.
That internet harrassment statute is probably as far as you can take this if someone wants to investigate it for some reason. And in the grand scheme of things, misdemeanors really aren't that big a deal.
However, when you're a "business owner" or whatever he claims to be, and you have the wrath of entire fan base following you around the rest of your life, then yeah, it probably would become a big deal.
Come on. The entire problem here is that idiots on the internet keep taking heightened umbrage to mere stupidity. Stop escalating.
This guy needs to be made infamous. I think most of us would like this publicized until it can't be ignored and he ends up in prison. This is a CRIME.
Than any notoriety he gets from being noticed. Assuming that it is a real picture and/or name. Hoping it is since he is a fool.
real pic. Look how straight his head is.
And claims it was a play on the NFL scandal.
Oh crap! I just totally put ot the worst message ever! Uh... yeah. It was a joke. Seriously.
That's some quality marketing.
That's absurd, and doesn't pass the smell test. Purgatory is where you go after you DIE, which is the "permanent" condition to which the Tweeter was referring.
This is full-on, batshit insane.
More like a play on the Ohio scandal.
I like how LTT retweeted it. Have we learned nothing from the Saint's defense Buckeye fans?
What...An...Idiot!
It looks like the tweet is already deleted. And replaced with this:
@HarryWatson00 I love this rivalry. #GoBucks - it was a play on the NFL bounty scandal y'all. Wouldve been proud if he'd have been a buckeye.
This is going to go over like a fart in church.
#StayclassyOHIO
Hmmm...please don't post anything on twitter to Ohio kids...
Offering a cash reward for actions on the football field is probably another NCAA violation. If OSU doesn't completely distance themselves from this they ought to be brought to task, joke or not.
I hope that if/when a Michigan fan says something similarly idiotic regarding OSU they will be similarly repudiated by our fellow fans. This is nasty regardless of which teams are involved.
probably both a donor and a doner.
Why would a domer care about something between OSU and Michigan?
Why are we talking about reindeer?
The Donners only ate members of their group to survive winter in the Rockies because they ran out of reindeer.
Me and my low-sleep spelling skills. Well played.
I could really go for a doner kebab right now ...
Well, Bosch is (or will be) a member of the program.
This is a man on the internet.
I'm not arguing that what Watson did is acceptable.
What I'm saying is that it's easier to ascribe Bosch's comments to the "Michigan Program", given that he is a committed athlete, then it is a random Buckeye fan to their program.
In general, this entire issue is filled with idiocy. I imagine Watson was as genuine about his threat as Bosch was about his - which is to say, not at all. This entire issue is ample evidence, for me, as to why we shouldn't be following these kids on twitter.
wouldn't be acting like a Buckeye fan, would he? Maybe, because Anzalone met this creep it was decided to take his linebacking talents elsewhere.
that buckeye fan is like raider fan without the intelligence and class. This could be repeated every day and includes daily reminders as to its truth.
For some reason, this instance of blatant harassment rather reminds me of all the stories from the pre-Twitter era where people tried unsuccessfully to rip ATMs from the exterior walls of buildings by chaining it to their car, failed, and thoughtfully left the rear bumper with their license plate chained to the ATM...leaving only a quick check of records between them and the police.
Stay classy, Ohio.
All I can say, Mr. Watson, is that I hope that you were looking to have an unsuccessful career in marketing, because that may be the case now. I don't know if there is much demand - outside Columbus - for a marketing professional who offers bounties on commits to a rival institution in addition to his publicly advertised services.
This asshole's a student, so hopefully OSU takes some action.
But hopefully they have to get in line behind the Columbus PD.
WHICH SIDE CAN TAKE MORE OFFENSE? ONLY TIME WILL TELL!
any dumber or out of whack with reality - this. Time to grow up Mr. Watson and stop threatening a 17 year old kid for burning a piece of Buckeye junkmail.
http://www.espiremarketing.org/
contribute to the escalating battle here, and phonecalls would probably do that]
This is getting to a level I think we should all be uncomfortable with, don't link his phone number on the blog please.