With the Super Bowl being this weekend and the fact that two major metro teams, the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, are participating there is A LOT of press coverage. Usually the Super Bowl hype is overbearing but even to this sports fan (and New York Giants fan) this one is getting a bit ridiculous.
One reason is social media. I decided to follow a few athletes just to see what they might say. I usually don’t do this for two reasons:
1. I like the games. The rest of the “stuff” that goes with it I can live without.
2. I don’t want to know too much about the players
Seems odd, right? Wouldn’t the players thoughts and insights be great and add value to the game? Well, that can happen but based on this tweet, which I have decided to keep anonymous rather than pick on one person, my theory of knowing too much played out in a way I wish it hadn’t. Of course, there are hints as to the possible ID of the player so if you want to sleuth it you can.
Every giant fan know’s that we are here to get a job done and we are going to play are hearts out this week. Damn I just can’t wait to play.
This shows great passion and desire which is great. That’s fun. That’s good. The pitfall for this player and many others, I suspect, is
Read more at: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2012/02/super-bowl-social-media-pitfall-for-athletes.html
