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NASCAR driver Noah Gragson suspended

posted a year ago by alexjohans0n (2094)
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https://twitter.com/goddeketal/status/1687960657365229573?s=20
NASCAR driver Noah Gragson suspended from racing due to social media conduct

Driver Noah Gragson has been suspended indefinitely and will not participate in NASCAR’s Cup Series race on Sunday due to his “actions” on social media, according to NASCAR and his team, Legacy Motor Club.

A screenshot circulating on social media purports to show Gragson’s Instagram account had liked a meme mocking George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a White police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. Neither NASCAR nor Legacy Motor Club specified the reason for the suspension and CNN has not independently verified the post.

Gragson apologized in a post on Twitter on Saturday.

“I am disappointed in myself for my lack of attention and actions on social media,” Gragson said. “I understand the severity of this situation. I love and appreciate everyone. I try to treat everyone equally no matter who they are. I messed up plain and simple.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/05/sport/nascar-noah-gragson-suspended-spt/index.html

[–] hyperjet (728) a year ago

He apologized. His career will be over now.

[–] tvfan (12950) a year ago

NASCAR wants to be the next Bud Light.

[–] elcamino (15540) a year ago

It already is a thing that is coming to an end.It doesn't even have half the viewers it once had.
https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/sports/nascar/2019/02/10/state-of-nascar-we-probably-lost-our-way/6035589007/
Last season, NASCAR’s top-level Cup Series races averaged 3.34 million viewers on its two networks and their cable affiliates — NBC and NBCSN, Fox and FS1. According to industry periodical Sports Business Daily, the 3.34 million number was down 18 percent from 2017 and less than half of what it was 10 years ago.

[–] Mattc164 (618) a year ago

Yeah. I haven’t watched NASCAR since 2003. When they changed up the points that was the death blow. All the changes since then kept burying the carcass deeper.

[–] robocat893 (15963) a year ago

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[–] liscarkat (18541) a year ago

Suspended just for "liking" a meme? We're already on a social credit system. The country we grew up in is gone.

[–] Kendricks (2239) a year ago

That's the whole point of cancel culture... why are people just realizing this? It's happening for years.

[–] alexjohans0n (2094) a year ago

Listen to Kendricks !