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

Earlier this week PFT leaked some interview excerpts from an ESPN The Magazine feature with Dwayne Bowe, the Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receiver.

During the interview the topic of social media came up, specifically Facebook .

The older guys get on MySpace and Facebook a week before we go to a city; when a pretty one writes back, they arrange to fly her in three or four days in advance. They call it importing.”

One of my favorite parts of this though is how he follows it up about why it’s only the older guys doing this:

“Younger guys don’t have the money to do it,” Bowe added.

According to this article the minimum salary in 2007 for any player in the NFL was $285,000. The NFL travels for 8 weeks on the season (more if you make the playoffs but come on Bowe is on the Cheifs) and the young guys can’t afford a hotel room on that salary? Where the fuck are they staying? A room at the Super 8 in Jessup Maryland is only like 50 bucks (A story for another time), you can swing it Dwayne.

Honestly, I did try to this one time. I was going on a shore vacation with some buddies and hit up myspace for the town we were going to. The rejection responses I got back were not nearly as mean and insulting as the ones I sent out in my home town. Ocean City you have yourself some kind women there.