Twitter and professional athletes

Twitter.  Everyone has heard about this social network called Twitter.  Twitter is an online social network, and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts, of 140 characters or less, much known as "tweets.  If you would like a better understanding of Twitter and tweets, click on this link.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter  One thing about Twitter is you can follow famous people.  You can follow your favorite athletes.  In fact, that's what my blog is about today, athletes and Twitter.

Pretty much every professional athlete has Twitter.  In fact, of the 32 teams in the NFL, there are 1,254 current athletes using Twitter.  If you would like to find out which NFL players have Twitter click on this link.  http://www.tweeting-athletes.com/  I have no problem with any professional athlete having Twitter.  In fact, that's what made Twitter so popular.  You get to see actual tweets from your favorite players.  It's exciting to see what they are up to, or what they are thinking about, or if they're coming to a town near you.  However, that's what Twitter for any professional athlete should be kept to.  When athletes start opening their mouth about their team, or the game that was just played is when they get into seroius trouble.

One football analysist stated "Athletes and Twitter go together about as good as oil and water."  A lot of them just like to see how far they can push critics and others with their tweets.  For example, Reggie Bush, former New Orleans Saints, heard a rumor about not getting resigned by his team when his contract was up and he tweeted "It's been fun New Orleans, but obviously I'm not wanted anymore."  Turns out the team had full intensions of resigning Bush, however after that tweet, they had no interest in him anymore.  Bush went on to make much less money and got signed by the Miami Dolphins, and is now on a team that hasn't even won a game yet.  This is just one example of how a simple Tweet can cause you a heep of trouble.  So athletes, we know you like to get a better audience, and maybe getting your voice out there is a way to do it.  However if you still want a job, and still want fans, lets think before we tweet.  Here is the countless list of things athletes have tweeted poorly about, which have caused consequences.  http://www.bareknucks.com/athletes-and-twitter-mix-like-oil-water-please-stop-tweeting.