Braylon Edwards responds after being suspended by Big Ten Network following critical Michigan tweets
By Keith Farner
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Michigan’s poor performance on Saturday against Notre Dame received live criticism from former star Braylon Edwards, who’s an analyst for the Big Ten Network.
Edwards later deleted the tweet, but it was enough to draw a suspension from the network, according to Chris Vannini of The Athletic. The Big Ten Network said Edwards will be suspended indefinitely for violating the network’s social media guidelines. Edwards wrote the tweet during Michigan’s 24-17 loss to Notre Dame.
From BTN: "Effective as of Sunday, Sept. 2, Braylon Edwards has been suspended indefinitely from his role at the Big Ten Network due to a violation of the network’s social media guidelines."
Tweeted and deleted on Saturday night: pic.twitter.com/v841zsMOnP
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) September 3, 2018
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh responded at his Monday press conference.
“There’s nobody in our program who thinks those things about any player on our team, let alone the two players that he described,” Harbaugh said, according to the Chicago Tribune. “On the other level, it’s disappointing that a member of the Big Ten Network would choose to attack the character of two of our players. That’s disappointing.
“And, I would say that if somebody wants to attack the character of anybody on the ballclub, come after me, not our youngsters.”
Harbaugh on Braylon tweet: " first of all, it's not true, factually. There's nobody in our program who thinks those things about any player on our team, let alone the two players he described." said if he needs to call someone out, call Harbaugh out
— angelique (@chengelis) September 3, 2018
Edwards tweeted again on Monday after Harbaugh’s press conference.
https://twitter.com/OfficialBraylon/status/1036671889295462400
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
