At any other time, this would have been fine. Now, though... not a great look.
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Ole Miss is currently dealing with two controversies: the on-going Hugh Freeze scandal, where the head coach resigned after phone records showed that Freeze made calls to an escort service on a school provided cell phone, and the current NCAA investigation where Ole Miss is alleged to have paid recruits.
On Thursday, Ole Miss sent out a tweet that only had the quote "YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON FAMILY", a saying that interim Matt Luke dropped in his press conference earlier this week.
In a vacuum, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that message. However, considering the connotations that can be connect there with Ole Miss' on-going scandals... probably not the best timing.
Predictably, social media poked fun at the program for the now-deleted message.
UPDATE: Ole Miss deleted ill-advised 'put a price on family' tweet after Twitter went a little nuts. https://t.co/RMe7O84YIT pic.twitter.com/VsUbDvOA8B
— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) July 27, 2017
.@OleMissFB THE INTERNET IS FOREVER pic.twitter.com/joyJUrb2my
— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/valleyshook/status/890612466291359744
https://twitter.com/hisdejavuskye/status/890609876463779841
It sure didn't take Ole Miss long to realize that a slogan with the word 'price' was a TERRRRRRIBLE idea
— David (@gigthem08) July 27, 2017
Better luck next time, Ole Miss.
[H/T Drunk Aubie for the screenshot]
