Football star Elijah Hood let his feelings about the University of Alabama be known by flushing his recruiting letter from the school down the toilet. Literally, by the way.
Although this wouldn’t have been an issue had he done it in the privacy of his own home, Hood decided to share a video of the incident on Vine. It didn’t take long for the clip and the hashtag #RollToilet to go viral.
The Charlotte, North Carolina high school student has already committed to Notre Dame. Since he wasn’t interested in getting any more letters from the Crimson Tide, he let them know by showing the school what he thought of their recruiting letters. Some thought it was funny, others not so much.
Not surprisingly, Elijah Hood was soon contacted by his high school coach and told to remove the Vine video. He also made some apologies and tried to take the focus off the fact that he had essentially disrespected the University of Alabama. All of this might come back to haunt him on the field.
While the original Vine video has been removed from the internet, a version of it still exists on YouTube. You can check out the video below, as well as several tweets Hood made during the whole fiasco.
Alright Guys My Highschool Coach Called Gotta Take Roll Toilet down and apologize formally to Nick Saban, Alabama, and Norte Dame hahaha
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
So anyone wanna help do this damage control thing??
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
Yea I know I’m just following coaches orders haha guess bout to call up Coach
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
Hood continues to apologize, but wonders if it will do any good.
I honestly dont know how my apology will really do I explained throghout it was a joke and the fake twitter fight was with my best friend??
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
In regards to my post yesterday, it was wrong and very disrespectful to Alabama. My attempt at humor was immature, and wrong I’m sorry.
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
That awkward moment of silence after a difficult apology.
So what do you tweet after an apology tweet???
— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
And, last but certainly not least, the infamous video.
What do you think about Elijah Hood flushing his University of Alabama recruiting letter down the toilet? Do you believe he was being disrespectful by posting the video on Vine?
