Thanks for the love for the Leopards, Josh!

The question of free speech/social networking is a good one. Who comes up with these "questions of the day" anyway? They're great! In cases like this, it depends on the agreement or code of conduct the coach and team members reviewed from the outset of the season. If the behavior in question comes under "action detrimental to the team," then there should be consequences. Free speech should at least be limited by good judgment. Breeching that good judgment comes with a price.

Freedom of speech/expression always has boundaries; legal and moral limitations. Everyone is free to make any expression, however all expressions have consequences. Some are illegal, others not, but may conflict with society's ethical or moral values.

Schools have a responsibility to determine their values, expectations, rules, limitations, and consequences and these things should be consistent throughout the entire school. All departments represent the school. All are parts of a whole and all should be consistent.

If they feel a student's expression conflicts or threatens the values or rules of the school then the act should be investigated. Members of the school should work together to investigate and determine necessary consequences. Their decisions should reflect the rules and values of the school. The athletic department is a part of the whole. Consequences there should be consistent with the whole.

A decision to kick the student-athlete off the team but not out of the school would make no sense. This says the school has different rules and values for one area and not another. This particular issue is not about a student-athlete not fulfilling qualifications to play on an athletic team.

He may be a threat to the school. Kicking him off the team but allowing him to stay in school accomplishes nothing but the school's poor leadership and lack of character.

I would have thought his comments would have brought dismissal from the school.

I knew about the battle of the bands, but had no idea that the instruments had been pilfered. How pathetic. I didn't know sousaphones had that much value in the streets these days.

There is freedom of speech but you cannot go into a movie theatre and yell fire. Very similar situation and wonder like others why wouldn't the university dismiss him, not just the team?

I feel that the issue with the Wake Forest football player being kicked off the team was the right decision. When anyone makes a statement like that in today???s society there are going to be some type of action taken against them, as well there should be. I would have to assume that there was more action taken against him by the University and not just the football team. Whenever something like this happens the university needs to act in the best interest of every student and faculty member on that campus and in this case I would think that he should be dismissed from the university and would be surprised if he was not. And as someone else started to mention there is freedom of speech but there???s a line you cannot cross when speaking and clearly the line was crossed here.

The situation with the Wake Forest running back being dismissed from the team, leads me to wonder. Why does this running back not know that making a comment like that is nothing but unacceptable and that you simply cannot do something like this. Secondly, it leads to me wonder if the kid is "right", by that I mean, what is either going on or has happened in his life for him to make a statement like that. He obviously has worked very hard at football for most of his life and to just have it taken away over something so meaningless and stupid just doesn't make sense. Perhaps though, its not meaningless, he could have some serious issues. If this is the case, I hope that he is being helped.