Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood has words for a Buffalo News reporter who wondered on Twitter whether or not Wood was “a tad overrated.”
It started innocently enough. Buffalo News columnist Jerry Sullivan tweeted his interest in the grades for the Buffalo Bills’ guards after Sunday’s win over the Detroit Lions.
Specifically, Sullivan speculated whether or not Eric Wood was “a tad overrated.”
Wood’s response was amusing:
Of course, you have to give Sullivan credit for his self-deprecating reply to Wood:
If nothing else, the social media revolution as it relates to professional sports calls into question the numerous declarations by athletes that they pay no attention to what goes on in the media.
For people who don’t have any interest in what’s happening in the media, athletes sure do seem to respond to these sorts of things a lot.
On the other hand, it does make things a lot more fun for fans. Once upon a time, we had to wait for someone to share something like this to see athletes fight back against their tormentors in the press:
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Now, we get to see that sort of back-and-forth between the press and the pros on a many-times-a-day basis.
It’s why coaches such as Mark Trestman of the Chicago Bears has to spend time warning his players not to respond to what he called “Twitter terrorists.”
Social media is definitely a double-edged sword for the athletes of today. They have the ability to interact directly with fans, which can be fun for them and great for the fans.
But they also have the ability to interact directly with fans, which can go terribly sideways for them … and be great fun for fans.
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