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

The reigning rookie of the year Brian Cushing has been suspended by the NFL for the first four games of the year for violating the steroid policy.

Cushing did appeal this ruling but his appeal was rejected.  He will be suspended from game 1 to start the season.  They open the season with Colts.  Place your bets accordingly.

Naturally his fellow players have been reacting very positively:

His teammate, Dom Barber appears to be taking the news well:

DeAngelo Smith:

Donte Whitner has some very choice words for this situation:

The answer for Mario Jones is “nothing, no one knows who Mario Jones is”

However Marion Jones was stripped of 5 Olympic medals.  It raises the question of should NFL players have accolades removed if they are caught cheating.  Subject matter expert Shawn Merriman weighs in:

And finally, with the most poignant and thoughtful comment on this situation we have Eric Wright:

matrix31

(Shawn Marion)

I watched avatar the other day wow i see what everybody was talking bout On 12:35 AM Apr 29th 2010 from TweetDeck

Uh- oh.  A blockbuster sci-fi thriller with game-changing special effects.  But is it good enough to co-op as your nickname for eleven years?

Only time will tell.

Until then, I’m adding @Pandora31to our twitter.

shawnemerriman

(Shawne Merriman)

Somebody told me I might be the hardest lightskin dude since Ice T lmao On 12:52 AM Apr 29th 2010 from UberTwitter

Well of course I have some comment…

But I don’t want to run afoul of Ice Tea.  He already has strong feelings about “bulls^&$ mutha $%#$% fake gangsters” on the internet. [and WARNING: Strong Language too]

Remind me never to pay $45 for a ticket to Rock The Bells.