Arkansas professor who was arrested after berating Bret Bielema issued a statement
Lawton Nalley, the Arkansas associate professor who was arrested Saturday night for yelling obscenities at Arkansas coach Bret Bielema following the Razorbacks’ 49-30 loss to Alabama, has issued a statement apologizing for his actions that night:
“I embarrassed myself, the college and the university. I hold myself to higher standards and have no excuses for my actions. I especially want to apologize to Coach Bielema.”
The fan arrested for yelling obscenities at Bielema is Lawton Nalley. He's an associate professor at U of A. (1/2) #ARNews pic.twitter.com/cY8Ar46vYf
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) October 9, 2016
Nalley’s actions were caught by the local media, making his arrest common knowledge immediately after the game.
The media release also includes a statement from the dean of Nalley’s college confirming that he will remain employed by the university.
Bielema maintained his sense of humor about the situation on Monday:
Bret: Said he has not heard from professor who yelled obscenities at him, but was impressed he pronounced 'Bielema' properly
— Thomas Murphy (@TomMurphyADG) October 10, 2016
Hey There Mr Lawton…. I Hear they Are Hiring Half Ass Butt Heads In Lawto or even Austin….!!! Get the hell out of Dodge. Beavis!!
Still trying to understand what he was arrested for.
Was it for public intoxication? Was he throwing stuff at the coach at the time?
Surely he was not arrested only for yelling obscenities at a head coach?
Jails would be full all over the place for that.
From what I read, police came to calm him down and then they noticed he was drunk out of his mind and just arrested him on public intox. Don’t know if it’s true, but it is a more valid reason than just to keep someone from cursing out our coach.
Bingo. Security at football games these days (at most events anyway), are pretty well trained in preventative crowd control (identifying and removing people no longer in control of themselves). More to this than the words.
Someone else posted it above, but this guy (probably not tenured) is most likely not going to make a full career of it at Arkansas. If he was that drunk, he probably has an issue with other things besides just anger management at a ball game.
I heard he shoved an officer.