The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

stafon13

(Stafon Johnson)

Thank you every1 4 all the love and support On 9:28 PM Sep 30th 2009 from txt

If you haven’t heard the story of Stafon Johnson by now you are behind the times. If you ever lifted weights this story will hit home. Stafon was listing 275 pounds when the bar slipped out of hand and landed on his throat.

His throat.

I have seen people lose control of the bar and it drop slowly to their chest. I have seen people have their hand slip and it land on the floor quickly. Your own throat? Holy shit.

I would like to do my best here to wish Stafon a speedy recovery back to 100%.

This also brings up another point. We spend a lot of our time here busting athletes for the silly things they use social media for. I wanted to take some time to applaud Stafon for using social media to communicate with the millions of people who are concerned about him and his health.

I really think this is a fine example of how social media can be used in the way it was meant to be.