We can definitely argue that the timing of sharing the story is not great, but regardless of that, I think it is important that people like Jace feel they can share and talk about it.
I think it does help that, as fans, we become aware that these types of things happen in college athletics (and obviously in professional sports). In my case, it helped me realize that I spend a lot of time criticizing many things about the team's performance. In the case of Jace, I mentioned multiple times how he was a liability in offense and offered minimal stuff on defense. However, in the last 4 years, I have not had the initiative to share my appreciation with any of our student-athletes. As a result, I sent Jace a message to express my gratitude for being vulnerable about a sensitive topic and to share my appreciation for being an excellent university representative via hissportst/basketball team. I have listened to multiple press conferences in which Jace has participated in the last two years, and he has been gracious in not only answering questions about the team but also sharing his journey as a big brother or his transition from a minor basketball program in a big city to a more significant program in a college town. Also, Jace has adapted to whatever role Buzz gave him and stuck around with the team.
Lastly, I also think that Buzz was actually very professional and explained that now this problem was more prominent with team members due to their awareness of social media and how much this environment is part of their daily life and influence (e.g., Wade Taylor has 35K followers, Henry has 22K, Garcia 15K). However, A&M definitely has a lot of fans who lose their sense of humanity and empathy when they post things online. Heck, if you go to the football and baseball and don't even mention the politics board, you will find pretty harsh posts that lack sympathy and empathy and don't resemble any of the values that A&M wants to promote. Some of these posters show the worst of sports fandom.
