Support for Aussie punter after death threats,O’Neill, a above Aussie rules amateur from Melbourne, alone a punt with 10 abnormal actual to acquiesce rivals Michigan State to balance the brawl for a touchdown and a win 27-23 in a crazy accomplishment on Saturday.
It was a atrocious catastrophe to the bold for O’Neill who up until again had punted superbly, including an amazing 80-yard accomplishment in the aboriginal half.
However a baby accumulation of admirers took to cheep to corruption O’Neill afterwards the game, with the punter reportedly accepting afterlife threats and letters cogent him to annihilate himself or “go aback to Australia”.
Michigan able-bodied administrator Jim Hackett today acerb accursed those admirers in an accessible letter.
“Today I alive to the abominable absoluteness that our association who affliction so abundant about this affairs would forward hurtful, angry and abandoned comments to one of our students,” Hackett said.The able O’Neill, a above appearance archetypal in his chief academy year, aswell accustomed able advance on twitter, with above and accepted NFL players and admired pundits extensive out.
Current Detroit Lions NFL punter Sam Martin was a part of those to action support.O’Neill’s above development coach, ProKick Australia’s Nathan Chapman, backed the punter to animation aback strongly.
“It is not nice for adolescent blokes to accept abhorrent things said about them on the Internet,” Chamman told USA Today.
“But all he is traveling to affliction about is that he wants to go out there and do the best for his team. Saturday was a asperous day for him on a big occasion, but he’s got to yield it on the button and appear aback stronger.”
It was a atrocious catastrophe to the bold for O’Neill who up until again had punted superbly, including an amazing 80-yard accomplishment in the aboriginal half.
However a baby accumulation of admirers took to cheep to corruption O’Neill afterwards the game, with the punter reportedly accepting afterlife threats and letters cogent him to annihilate himself or “go aback to Australia”.
Michigan able-bodied administrator Jim Hackett today acerb accursed those admirers in an accessible letter.
“Today I alive to the abominable absoluteness that our association who affliction so abundant about this affairs would forward hurtful, angry and abandoned comments to one of our students,” Hackett said.The able O’Neill, a above appearance archetypal in his chief academy year, aswell accustomed able advance on twitter, with above and accepted NFL players and admired pundits extensive out.
Current Detroit Lions NFL punter Sam Martin was a part of those to action support.O’Neill’s above development coach, ProKick Australia’s Nathan Chapman, backed the punter to animation aback strongly.
“It is not nice for adolescent blokes to accept abhorrent things said about them on the Internet,” Chamman told USA Today.
“But all he is traveling to affliction about is that he wants to go out there and do the best for his team. Saturday was a asperous day for him on a big occasion, but he’s got to yield it on the button and appear aback stronger.”
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