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Elliott defends Swinney, says media treated him unfairly

Tony Elliott says his friend, mentor and boss was not treated fairly by some in the media earlier this summer during the events surrounding what happened with the Black Lives Matter Movement and the way he handled the Danny Pearman situation.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney received harsh criticism by the national media when they did not like the way he addressed the conversations surrounding the death of George Floyd to their liking. He then was attacked and questioned when a picture on social media showed him wearing a Football Matters T-shirt at a gated community swimming pool.