Dabo Swinney reportedly traveled on private plane to vacation; gets ripped by fans on Twitter
By Adam Spencer
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This week, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney gave a rah-rah speech in which he said he has “zero doubt” the 2020 season will start on time with fans in the stands.
However, it appears Swinney isn’t exactly taking the social distancing guidelines seriously.
Per CBS Sports reporter Dennis Dodd, Swinney recently traveled by private plane to a vacation home in Florida. He also said he might travel for Easter:
Dabo has traveled by private plane to vacation in Florida. May travel next week for Easter. Says plane was sanitized. https://t.co/4cGEkUa9yH
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) April 4, 2020
Here’s the paragraph in question from Dodd’s article:
The coach also noted that his family has traveled once to Florida via private plane for vacation and may do so next week for Easter. “The plane was sanitized,” he said. “We don’t have any concern.”
At the very least, this sort of attitude seems to be tone deaf in the midst of a pandemic. Plus, the plane may have been sanitized, but that means people had to put their health at risk to sanitize it.
Fans were quick to pounce on the Clemson coach for his cavalier attitude on Twitter:
Coach O doing PSAs and showing up to press conferences with the governor > Dabo vacationing and defying stay at home order. O is better on the field and off.
— Ric (@Ric_in_NO) April 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/XviiHenry/status/1246409316506230784
TIGERS FIGHT
This
Is
Gonna
End
Real
Soon(But)
First
I’m
Gonna
Hazardously
Travel— Chene (@CheneGizik) April 4, 2020
Well I’m glad he’s setting a good example with his private planes and vacations. ?
— Laura ?? (@LorieBama) April 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/TheRealCagey/status/1246479838552231936
https://twitter.com/JawjaJenn/status/1246465029261742082
https://twitter.com/alex_kirshner/status/1246440597235339267
https://twitter.com/alex_kirshner/status/1246441494485106690
Will Swinney come out and publicly say he won’t travel for Easter? We’ll see over the next few days.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
