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It's the same verify used by almost every cable news channel.

nice to see that one baseless claim on twitter and one baseless accusation on Idaho's message board by a brand new account is enough for some people to jump on the bandwagon of guilty until proven innocent.

There are some basic questions that need to be answered before judgment can be rendered, starting with- how much time passed between when the Broncos left the facilities and when the damage was discovered?

If it was minutes then why wasn't PJ Fleck notified before his team left town? If it was hours then how do we know it was the Broncos that caused the damage and not somebody else that gained access after they were gone?

Retweets do not equal endorsements.

It sounds like some people may have a misunderstanding of what Twitter is and how it is used. Journalists, like Arkley, will use Twitter to quickly communicate news-worthy events, but that is not its sole purpose. Twitter is also a means to communicate ideas and opinions and engage others in conversation on topics ranging from important to trivial. This is commonly understood by most Twitter users.

So when Arkley tweets that his sources have confirmed that Jim Christian will be announced as the next head basketball coach of Boston College he is putting his journalistic integrity behind that assertion, and it is understood by those who read it that there is a high probability of truth to his tweet.

However, when Arkley retweets a tweet from a kid who's quoting a friend who is on the girl's track team at Idaho without adding further comment the reader should know not to take that as an endorsement of the statements but rather a heads up that this may or may not be a real event. The expectation is that Arkley, as a journalist, will look into the allegation and get back to his followers with more information at a later date.

That's why creating this thread off of the basis of one tweet was a bad idea, there is no credible evidence to the accusations made. That's not the fault of Twitter or Arkley, but a misunderstanding by the reader.

The journalist following this story is Theo Lawson of the Lewiston Tribune who covers Idaho football for them. His twitter is found here:
https://twitter.com/TheoLawson_Trib

The latest word is:

Better, more business-like to absolutely and affirmatively eliminate all doubt.

So it does seem Idaho had to deal with "minor" damage serious enough for the ADs to get involved and for which WMU has assumed financial responsibility. This should never happen. Teams travel on behalf of, at great expense to and as representatives of their schools. This must be held as an honor and a privilege. Representing well should be as important as winning. Coaches and team captains need to walk through hotel rooms and guest facilities from schools before teams move on. I have done this and when your team expects their rooms and areas will checked, that they must respect other guests of hotels, that their appearance and behavior at the hotel breakfast matter you can return to your school with a win and proud. When you return with a win but damaged the school name in the process someone needs to evaluate your value.

And, now an article about it, and then the issue is done:
http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2014/09/western_mi...

The damage amounted to $500 worth.

All that and they only have a photo of the floor with cut tape laying around?