Somebody want to tell me what is so wrong with “tweeting”?
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\nAll of a sudden, the evil four letter network has decided that it needs power over their individual sports casters before they can send out a tweet.\u00a0 So much for individuality of the person working at ESPN.<\/p>\n
Can you imagine what would happen if Joe Torosian told Duane Barker, John Scanlan and myself not to tweet?\u00a0 You notice how Tim Peterson isn’t on the list of tweeters.\u00a0 He is still trying to figure out how to use a typewriter.\u00a0 Tweeting is going to be foreign to him.<\/p>\n
It isn’t just the four letter network that is dropping the hammer on twitter pages.\u00a0 The NFL has said they will fine players for doing updates to their tweeps.\u00a0 So now we won’t have Chad Ochocinco say “I smell roast.\u00a0 LOL, Oh never mind its Antonio Cromartie being burned by me!”<\/p>\n
Speaking of Cromartie, he was just fined $2500 for updating his twitter account with his opinion on the food at training camp.\u00a0 Are you serious?\u00a0 Since when did saying you didn’t like what the cook made a punishable offense?<\/p>\n
I can see Brian France telling NASCAR drivers not to twitter during a race, but it isn’t as if a NFL player is driving 150 miles an hour.\u00a0 So this whole issue about players not being able to have a little fun while playing is absurd.\u00a0 There is a reason folks call the NFL the No Fun League.<\/p>\n
Am I the only one who thinks it would be great to see what a player tweets right after a huge play or a win?<\/p>\n
But that will never happen, with ESPN and the NFL putting the kabash on tweeting, I can just see Joe Torosian dropping the edict here.<\/p>\n
But then again I could be wrong.<\/p>\n
Off The Cuff can be read Wednesday through Sunday at www.midvalleysports.com.<\/p>\n
Andy’s Rants can be read on Monday at www.midvalleynewsonline.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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