ASU basketball announcer Kyle Dodd calls out Arizona fans, media for social media posts
COVID-19 continues to cancel or postpone college basketball games and an Arizona State basketball announcer has apparently had enough with social media posts from fans and media members of his team's in-state rival.
Former ASU basketball player Kyler Dodd, an analyst for Sun Devil basketball radio broadcasts, called out Arizona Wildcats basketball fans and media members on Twitter for recent posts amid the pandemic.
"According to Uofa fans/media every cancelled game is because Pac is scared to play them!!," he recently tweeted. "Somebody want to tell them that the teams affected by Covid [sic] would literally play anybody anywhere at this point. The coaches /players don’t want this…we know ur good again but get a clue"
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According to Uofa fans/media every cancelled game is because Pac is scared to play them!! Somebody want to tell them that the teams affected by Covid would literally play anybody anywhere at this point. The coaches /players don’t want this…we know ur good again but get a clue
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
He also tweeted a media member in response to UCLA scheduling a game against Long Beach State instead of Arizona: "Dude this isn’t about you!!!! UofA got good again the league is supposed to bow down…I’m praying Arizona continues to escape virus"
Dude this isn’t about you!!!! UofA got good again the league is supposed to bow down…I’m praying Arizona continues to escape virus https://t.co/eKm1k9BsB3
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
Dodd wasn't done.
He also slammed comments on a thread about Arizona State postponing its game against Arizona because of COVID-19 issues within its program.
"Good grief is right but The comments are a joke!!!," Dodd tweeted. "I promise nobody is scared LOL…. Life is wild right now …just remember these student athletes never signed up for this…the schools and league are doing best they can."
Good grief is right but The comments are a joke!!! I promise nobody is scared LOL…. Life is wild right now …just remember these student athletes never signed up for this…the schools and league are doing best they can. https://t.co/QQ4DpAZ9Ws
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 4, 2022
Another tweet from Dodd tried to remind people of the seriousness of the situation.
"Man times are crazy again …just remember these coaches are doing the best they can and these kids are student athletes …GO DEVILS"
Man times are crazy again …just remember these coaches are doing the best they can and these kids are student athletes …GO DEVILS ❤️
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 4, 2022
Some of Dodd's replies expounded on his thoughts:
It’s not the keyboard warriors …it’s legit members of UofA community that troubles me…its extremely tone deaf especially when it’s out of the teams control…trust me I’m sick of all of it too but again let’s just not make it about us and do best we can
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
I get the frustration trust me…UCLA seems like a legit option for Arizona this weekend but to continue to claim it’s because teams don’t want to play you guys is dumb and tone deaf….UCLA is not ducking UofA especially at home…this is a leave thing
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
Trust me I get that …it’s super dumb…my point is UCLA has no say in that…it’s on the league…I promise UCLA isn’t ducking you guys especially at home
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
REALLY ??? You should stop…you have zero clue what I’m talking about …trust me
— Kyle Dodd (KD) (@K_Dodd3) January 5, 2022
Frustration appears to be mounting around college basketball with the current situation amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
On Monday, the ASU men's basketball program announced that its games against UCLA and Arizona slated for this week were postponed due to COVID-19 issues within its program.
The Sun Devils were scheduled to play UCLA Wednesday and Arizona on Saturday and have now had five games either canceled or postponed.
Arizona has now had three games postponed due to COVID-10 protocols with other Pac-12 teams and isn't scheduled to play again until Jan. 13 (Colorado).
ASU is scheduled to play Utah that same day.
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