Before Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Bluesky, OnlyFans, and all the other social media joints, there was The SWAC Page.
Some of you know I'm not lying when I say this, but TSP was so impactful back in its day that it had a social/cultural impact on the official SWAC office, SWAC coaches, and even school administrators. Can you all think of any particular event that started or was influenced by the things that were said on this platform?
For example, former SWAC commissioner Rudy Washington (against my advance not to) created an account on the forum and was known as "The Commish." He thought it would be good PR to interact with SWAC fans. It sounded good on the surface, but I tried to tell him, "Rudy, I don't think that's a good idea." Welp, remember the epic encounter he had with Get Ready? It was all over after that. Eventually, he got fired for overpaying himself and even filed a counter-lawsuit against the SWAC in which he mentioned The SWAC Page in his lawsuit.
Also, remember all of the smack talk that took place (I believe in 1999) when SU and FAMU were arguably the two best HBCU teams in the country at the time? The smack got so heated that it was reported (and I can't find that article anywhere) that Pete Richardson was holding up a printout of the SWAC Page message board, saying, "Somebody is going to get embarrassed." FAMU beat SU so badly that year that it led Get Ready to coin the term "FAMU scores again."
Can any of you think of any other events that directly resulted from this forum? I'm also of the belief that it was THIS PLATFORM that was INDIRECTLY responsible for The Tom Joyner Morning Show getting kicked out of the Baton Rouge market after the unfortunate bandfight.
Thoughts?
Some of you know I'm not lying when I say this, but TSP was so impactful back in its day that it had a social/cultural impact on the official SWAC office, SWAC coaches, and even school administrators. Can you all think of any particular event that started or was influenced by the things that were said on this platform?
For example, former SWAC commissioner Rudy Washington (against my advance not to) created an account on the forum and was known as "The Commish." He thought it would be good PR to interact with SWAC fans. It sounded good on the surface, but I tried to tell him, "Rudy, I don't think that's a good idea." Welp, remember the epic encounter he had with Get Ready? It was all over after that. Eventually, he got fired for overpaying himself and even filed a counter-lawsuit against the SWAC in which he mentioned The SWAC Page in his lawsuit.
Also, remember all of the smack talk that took place (I believe in 1999) when SU and FAMU were arguably the two best HBCU teams in the country at the time? The smack got so heated that it was reported (and I can't find that article anywhere) that Pete Richardson was holding up a printout of the SWAC Page message board, saying, "Somebody is going to get embarrassed." FAMU beat SU so badly that year that it led Get Ready to coin the term "FAMU scores again."
Can any of you think of any other events that directly resulted from this forum? I'm also of the belief that it was THIS PLATFORM that was INDIRECTLY responsible for The Tom Joyner Morning Show getting kicked out of the Baton Rouge market after the unfortunate bandfight.
Thoughts?