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Baylor linebacker tweets he won't play until Art Briles returns, anything outside of football is not Briles' responsibility

Baylor junior linebacker Taylor Young, a DeSoto grad, was one of the most vocal Baylor players to take to Twitter following the news Thursday that head football coach Art Briles had been fired.

He later deleted the first tweet, that he was not going to play anymore.

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More Baylor sexual-assault scandal coverage

The news:

-- Baylor regents strip Ken Starr of president's title, apologize for mishandling sex assault cases

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-- Baylor fires football coach Art Briles as regents 'horrified' by scandal report findings

-- Baylor contacted NCAA about possible violations related to sexual assault scandal

-- Baylor doesn't fire athletic director amid scandal

-- Recap: Baylor's news conference on sexual-assault report findings

Opinions:

-- Cowlishaw: Why Baylor had to fire frighteningly silent Briles

-- Carlton: If you think firing was too drastic a move, read this

-- Sherrington: Why I was wrong about Briles

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-- Editorial: Baylor regents finally face facts, clean house

-- Grigsby: Today's victory for Baylor women towers over all Briles' football wins

-- Columnist: Baylor deserves death penalty, has lost 'every shred of dignity'

-- AP columnist: Baylor should pull the plug on its athletic program for good

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-- AP: Art Briles built Baylor brash and bold but leaves tarnished legacy

Reaction:

-- Art Briles' daughter blasts 'disgusting' Baylor, 'witch hunt' media

-- Read the text message Briles reportedly sent his players after being fired

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-- Baylor football players react strongly to firing of Art Briles

-- Player tweets he won't play until Briles returns

-- Twitter reacts to Briles; coach's own account deleted

-- Replacing Art Briles: Baylor will reportedly look to Phil Bennett as interim replacement

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-- Four-star tight end Kedrick James becomes first Baylor decommit after Briles firing

In depth:

-- Baylor president Ken Starr focused on football, fumbled on sex assaults

-- Baylor's scandal report: Significant concerns about football program's tone and culture

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-- A quick, complete guide to the Baylor football sex-assault scandal