Also going on the defensive about personal photos of his that have been made public is four-star Florida Gators defensive end commitment Lynden Trail (Miami, FL). In a picture posted late Wednesday night by a variety of Web sites including OGGOA, Trail is shown wearing a bandanna and making what were termed gang signs with his hands. Like his future 2010 classmate four-star defensive tackle Leon Orr (New Port Richey, FL), Trail says his picture was completely misunderstood.
Trail told Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated that the picture in question was taken while he was in eight grade and just “playing around the house.” The hand gesture? Just representing his neighborhood – the “Swamp” section of Overtown in Miami. “That supposed gang sign I’m throwing up? That’s where I stay. That’s my neighborhood,” he said. “I’ve thrown that up on the field a lot, and no one has said anything.”
As far as 13psi taking the picture from his personal MySpace page (which was not set to private viewing)? Trail said it was a “violation of privacy.” He continued, “If you really care about me that much to go on my MySpace to get a picture of me, point blank, get a life.”
Was the initial Web site right in finding and publishing these pictures? Do you believe Orr and Trail? Is this entire story blown completely out of proportion? Does any of this even matter in the long run? Sound off in the comments section!
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