Underhill digging at Swimmer and CP on Twitter

Why not? That's the standard I hold would hold anyone to. When presenting information as factual, it should be factual. In this situation, someone is in the wrong. It seems either Pete or his "source".
What rumors are ever factual though? That's why they're rumors. Who knows how many people have relayed the information before it even gets to Coach Pete - much less Swimmer - and it could end up being like the telephone game where the original message is a simple 5 word sentence but by the time it gets to the last person, it's three paragraphs that only mention a version of the original 5 word sentence?