Racist Tweet Gets Michel Morganella Kicked Off Swiss Olympic Soccer Team
Another athlete will miss out on Olympic glory all because of social media stupidity. Michel Morganella, a soccer player for the Swiss Olympic team, has been expelled from the 2012 London Olympic team due to a racist tweet.
Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli announced today that Morganella would not be playing with Switzerland for the rest of the 2012 London Olympics.
According to the Associated Press Morganella’s offensive message came after the Swiss team lost to South Korea 2-1 on Sunday.
Gilli said:
“(Morganella) discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korea football team as well as the South Korean people.”
Morganella’s account has been deleted but 101GreatGoals.com was able to capture a screenshot of the 23-year-old defender’s tweet.
The message, according to the translators at We Are Football, reads:
“I want to beat up all South Koreans! Bunch of mentally handicapped retards! (“Je les tous Defonce Coréens, allez vous tous Bruler, bande de trisos”)
Morganella has apologized for his comments but the Swiss team will be moving on without him.
Morganella isn’t the first player to lose his spot in the Olympics due to a Twitter flub.
Greece triple jumper Voula Papachristou was also kicked off her Olympic team after sending a racist message out on Twitter.
Do you think Michel Morganella should have been expelled? When will athletes realize that posting stupid things to Twitter comes with consequences?
Tags : 2012 London Olympics, Michel Morganella, Michel Morganella twitter, racist tweet, swiss olympic soccer team, swiss soccer team, Voula Papachristou
Posted: July 30, 2012
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Jul 30, 2012
WOW! he had to know he would get kicked off the team for that comment. What a fool!
Jul 30, 2012
Look who is mentally handicapped now! hahahaha!
what a loser!
Jul 30, 2012
Lebanese team refuses to train near Israeli athletes. Organizers forced to put up screen between Israeli, Lebanese judo fighters after latter team refuses to share mat. Muslims countries weigh partaking in Olympics due to Israeli participation. Lebanese show poor sportsmanship, but they are appeased. A few athletes sent home due to comments deemed as racist on twitter. Go figure. I guess Britastan has to appease those who dominate their country now.
Jul 31, 2012
Classy. Excellent sportsmanship demonstrated there.
Jul 31, 2012
i don't think that's really "racist," is it? it's definitely stupid and he deserves to be kicked off the team. what a sore loser!
Jul 31, 2012
Whiny baby footballer doesn't like losing? Aww, poor fella.
Aug 1, 2012
This should be on every tv station and radio. This is a good example for everyone especially our youth. I believe in freedom of speech and the right to believe and think as you desire but…this is just pathetic. What a hard lesson to learn!
Aug 2, 2012
He didn't call them retards. He said he want to beat them, go burm themselves, bunch of mongloids.
Aug 2, 2012
*burn