The two sports stars who wrote on Twitter this week about their personal situations should be commended and praised for offering honest and forthright views.
The two sports stars who wrote on Twitter this week about their personal situations should be commended and praised for offering honest and forthright views.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent expressed his frustration on Twitter towards his club chairman Daniel Levy at his slow moving transfer to Sunderland.
Elsewhere, Austalian test opener Phillip Hughes wrote on Twitter that he was being dropped from the side hours before the official announcement.
While issue must be taken with Bent’s innapropriate choice of profanities, his honesty must be applauded.
In the stage managed world of sports, many fans appreciate hearing and reading what players actually think.
Fans love passionate players who wear their hearts on their sleeve – both on and off the pitch. Sadly most psot-match interviews have become formulaic to the point of dreary.
Twitter is a micro-blogging application with which opinion can be voiced immediately.
Many stars write on Twitter – posts that are amusing, honest and a joy to read. It’s one place where sports fans are more likely to see their heroes as real people – without the intervention of slick PR agents who are more worried about contracts and endorsements.
In the case of Hughes, management have now dealt with the perceived problem. The Twitter account was removed. Blame was liad on agents, naivety, time differences and possibly on the price of fish in Andorra. A senior player will advise Hughes in future.
Sports fans hope the repurcussions of these stories do not lead the number of sportspeople writing online declining.
Sun, Aug 2, 2009, by uksportsfan
Social Networks