Let’s face it: Twitter is effing awesome, especially when it’s used in the most irresponsible/controversial way possible. Case in point…Vikings Tight End and future adult film star Visanthe Shiancoe…
Gotta love his brutal honesty because you know probably half the guys in that meeting were dozing off. This is just the beginning though. Chad Ochocinco has already talked about tweeting DURING games, and just a few weeks ago he “twit-pic’d” hot half-naked models from a party at the Playboy Mansion.
The big part of the future of sports marketing for both teams and athletes appears to be on Twitter, but there is a remarkable lack of Philly athletes on there. Just check out the “Philly Athletes on Twitter” link at the top of our site if you need future proof…Riley Cote? That’s the best the Flyers can do? I wanna hear first hand accounts of the crazy s*** Richards, Hartnell, and Carter are up to! I want to hear Danny Briere whine about breaking another nail! (Sorry Dan, I had to.)
To the Sixers credit Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young are active in the Twitterverse, and there is actually an awesome story about how one fan got to meet up with AI9 and Rudy Gay at a Cheesecake Factory in Vegas through a Twitter post. There is a lot of potential here for athletes to get their names out there (in both good and bad ways) and interact with their fans.
Sample McNabb Twitter Post: "Sitting on the couch watching some Wayans Bros. reruns! Those guys are so craaaazy!!"
That being said, obviously some Philly athletes would be more entertaining than others. As much as I’d love to hear some trash talk from Desean Jackson, or the latest shenanigans Danny Carcillo got himself into, I can’t say I’d have too much interest in anything Donovan McNabb might have to say (all due respect to #5, but have you read his yardbarker blog lately? Me neither.)
Now I pose the question to all of you: which Philly athlete would you most like to see on Twitter? Maybe if we get enough feedback we can send this post to the winner’s team and see if we can get them on there.
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