A surprising development at ISU - so you think they don't read what's being posted on message boards?

Someone just brought this to my attention...

That apparently a long time, devoted ISU fan, also a local Bloomington business owner who supports ISU athletics & advertises at Redbird Arena, posted some things on their message board that the administration of ISU must have objected to.
The guy is a relatively long time poster as well -- so it's hard by reading his posts what anyone might be bothered by, but for the most part the guy never says anything objectionable at all!......

...and it appears that maybe he said something to the effect that he thought they were going in the wrong direction. Apparently there was nothing angry or hostile, and his very words were to the effect of..."frustration", "disappointed"...and nothing bad at all...

And yet, apparently the guy, even though he posts under a screen name, was ferreted out by someone representing the ISU administration -- who learned the identity of the guy, then enlisted someone else to call the guy on the phone, and told him to shut the heck up and stay quiet and stay off the boards!
They even, apparently, removed the ads from Redbird Arena for the guy's local business!!! Apparently they just don't like the guy any more based only on his message board posts!!!

This is kinda of astounding in my view.....this is the Illinois State administration or Athletic Department using some sort of public pressure and direct phone calls to silence a guy who is posting on the message boards -- even though it is obvious he is not posting much of anything that is even objectionable.
Sounds a little like someone with their "feathers ruffled" (the poster's own words) up at ISU acting the bully and trying to snuff out someone's very civil & freely held opinion.

The fan then posts back that he would love for anyone in the Athletic Dept. to contact him directly instead of through some intermediary, but the tone sounds strangely like he doesn't expect anyone to do so...

Here are some of the remarks made about this odd interaction between ISU and this long time fan/supporter...

"..It was just brought to my attention that my comments on this forum regarding my relationship with Redbird Athletics have upset a number of people affiliated with Redbird Athletics. ...I cannot hide my frustration with the state of my relationship with Redbird Athletics. ... I am disappointed to have been informed of Redbird Athletics' disapproval via a third party ..
I fear this open letter will not be to the liking of those who were upset by my previous posts..."

Here's the link, but I half wonder if this will get axed and be gone soon...
http://www.redbirdfan.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1009


I mainly cite this to show how amazingly fair and tolerant our guys are at Bradley -- even though some of the Bradley people are fully aware of the things said on the message boards, they have NEVER intervened to try to silence critics.
Looks like ISU takes a different approach ..and I guess the message being sent is that if the Redbird Athletic Department knows who you are, then you'd better not say anything objectionable on the message boards or they might come after you!!
Pretty amazing....I'd like to hear more.....