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

TheMontyShow

(Tim Montemayor)

Is there any one who cares about NASCAR? Anyone...Hello? On 10:30 PM Apr 26th 2010 from TweetDeck

No. No one does.

At least not on Twitter. But it’s not because it’s a bad sport, it’s because Michael Waltrip ruined Twitter for all Nascar fans.

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

im off to a richard petty event. think i will wear my hat. On 6:59 PM Oct 13th 2009 from web

mw55

(Michael Waltrip)

Peeing n th shower saves 1,157 gal of water annualy per household...so it turns out its my fault. Ur suppose to turn the shower on I guess On 4:54 AM Apr 24th 2010 from UberTwitter

It seems that Jodie isn’t great with scary movies:

JMEEKS23

(Jodie Meeks)

Watchin Halloween 2(new version) On 9:40 PM Apr 26th 2010 from web

And not too long after…

JMEEKS23

(Jodie Meeks)

This movie is crazy!! I'm bout to turn it off lol On 10:21 PM Apr 26th 2010 from web

But maybe you don’t realize how serious Jodie is, he tweeted this between though, during his screening of Halloween 2…

JMEEKS23

(Jodie Meeks)

Keeping faith is the key through adversity! On 10:14 PM Apr 26th 2010 from web

Film turned religious experience. Only one movie ever made me turn to God for help.

Though there is a slight chance Jodie’s only hallucinating. Two hours before he started the movie…

JMEEKS23

(Jodie Meeks)

Jus got done with dentist...goin to eat lunch wit my dad On 7:07 PM Apr 26th 2010 from mobile web

TankJohnson99

(Tank Johnson)

Man in the airport and this lady wendys chicken sandwich look so good! I'm really thinkin about askin her for a bite! #realtalk On 7:04 PM Apr 25th 2010 from UberTwitter

Is he going to bite the sandwhich or the good looking man in the airport.

Ok.  I’m not really going to rag on anyone for not using proper punctuation in a tweet.  Though when the result comes out slightly homo-erotic, it’s probably best for a proofread or two.

But here’s what does bother. Food in airports.  Not in airports actually, but in airplanes.

When some jerk brings in a three course meal from the concourse onto the plane to eat it enrages me.  Why?  Well first of all, I want that food.  But I’m stuck with either a bag of pretzels or a $5 snack box.  And I swear when they make the four different snack boxes they try their hardest to make sure that half of the items in each are absolutley terrible.

Second, you really didn’t have eight minutes to finish up your onion sandwhich before getting on this plane?  You must be some sort of jetsetting executive. I understand.

Last time I flew there was a man who just barely squeezed under the Kevin Smith category.  Apparently, he was trying to get there because he brought a personal-sized supreme pizza onto the to eat.  He left it on what little there was of his lap.

The poor guy who had to squeeze in next to him showed up and the airplane eater stood up to let him in.  The pizza flipped over and opened and plopped right onto the ground.

It was perfect.

davidgarrard9

(David Garrard)

Just took pics with jags fans up in the NYC. We're every where. Recognize! On 5:12 PM Apr 24th 2010 from Tweetie

Well that makes sense.  People always talk about how Steelers fans and Cowboys fans travel so well.  But no one ever gives the Jaguars fans their due.

In fact, they must travel so well that they can’t even attend games in Jacksonville.

I have never once said running this site if hard to do, or that Willie and I pull all nighters figuring out how to entertain you. I take great pride when someone tells me that what I have written was witty and gave them a chuckle. I think we have a good thing going here.

That being said though, I have just been one-upped. I never thought we would be outdone in mocking athlete’s social interaction with their fans by one of those athletes.

Then came Lolo Jones yesterday:

followlolo

(Lolo Jones)

NFL, NBA & MLb athletes can't tweet 6 hours prior to a game. They don't know what awesome tweets their fans are missing like this one... On 4:41 PM Apr 24th 2010 from UberTwitter

followlolo

(Lolo Jones)

Eating a banana. On 4:43 PM Apr 24th 2010 from UberTwitter

Thanks Lolo, I will now go hang my head in shame.