Penn State football coach blasts alumni letter that criticized player's hair.
After a Penn State football player received a critical letter from a Nittany Lion alum, the team's coach denounced the remarks and took the opportunity to boast about the player's character as a student, athlete and person.
Sutherland shared a photo on Twitter Tuesday of the letter he received from Dave Petersen, who critiqued his dreadlocks, appearance and demeanor.In the letter, Petersen wrote,"Though the athletes of today are certainly superior to those in my days; we miss the clean cut young men and women from those days. Watching the Idaho game on TV we couldn't help but notice your -- well -- awful hair.
"Although the message was indeed rude, ignorant, and judging, I've taken no personal offense to it because personally, I must respect you as a person before I respect your opinion," the sophomore safety said."At the end of the day without an apology needed, I forgive this individual because I'm nowhere close to being perfect and I expect God to forgive me for all the wrong I've done in my life.
One of Sutherland's teammates, C.J. Holmes, 21, shared a photo of the letter and said"these messages cannot be tolerated" calling it"extremely inappropriate, racially biased and selfish." "I would just like to see the coaches get the guys cleaned up and not looking like Florida State and Miami guys," he told the Tribune-Democrat.
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