We ask our readers what they want us to write about. Today we were asked to write about Yuri Wright, a star high school football player from New Jersey.

Yuri Wright had a bright future ahead of him. He was planning on attending Michigan, courtesy of a scholarship. All his dreams turned sour when he was expelled from high school last week for posting many tweets containing vulgar language. His tweets were protected (private), but Yuri apparently had approved more than 1600 Twitter followers. Michigan pulled their scholarship offer after a concerned alumnus brought the tweets to Michigan’s attention.

There are a lot of lessons in this story and obviously a lot of opinions have been brought forth concerning moral values. I won’t post any of his tweets here as they are too vulgar for our business website, but you can read some of them on ChatSports.com. Here are the questions we think would need to be reviewed:

1. Were Yuri’s tweets bad enough for his entire future to be thrown away? He is still in high school and didn’t physically hurt anyone.
2. How do you judge someone who is only 18 years old? We all make mistakes, especially at 18.
3. It seems most of the tweets were actually lyrics from Lil Wayne songs and don’t reflect his real personality. Does that make a difference? Should Lil Wayne hire him a lawyer?
4. Was he tweeting during school hours? If not, how is his personal life a school concern? These tweets date back to July, so no one was concerned until someone told on him.
5. Was he given a code of ethics by the sports administration regarding his conduct as a player? If so, did he violate it? Even if he thought his tweets were private and not public?

There are a lot of questions here as to what is right and what is wrong. The bottom line is how Twitter, even allowing you to make your tweets private, could potentially ruin your life. A tweet in the wrong hands (or seen by the wrong eyes) is a dangerous tweet.

Yuri has since deleted his Twitter account. He also has another shot at college. He committed to Colorado University on Tuesday. Yuri told ESPN he was “very grateful” coach Jon Embree was still willing to have him in a Buffs uniform. He also told ESPN that he had sworn off Twitter, learned his lesson, and said nothing like that will ever happen, again.

Fortunately for Yuri, he learned his lesson on time. He learned it the hard way, but still had a chance to correct the mistake. Many of you may not get that chance. We need to remember that everyone is watching us. Our spouses, parents, schools, children, grandchildren, colleges, bosses, co-workers, and more are all watching our every post on the social networks where we engage in conversation. Just because your post is private, doesn’t mean it really is. A post 1000 people can read isn’t private.

What do you think about this story? Do you think Yuri should have been given the second chance by another college? Have you ever accidentally tweeted something private? Maybe, it’s even a trust issue… Did you think you could trust the person you were tweeting in private, but later found out you couldn’t? Let us know what you think in the comments below.