When the owners meet this off season, one of the first things they should do (after voting to find suitable replacement refs), is vote to ban twitter accounts. Yes, I understand this would violate at least one amendment, but if you're paying a guy 10 mil a year, to me, he's no longer a mere citizen. He's property of the team. The majority of these guys should never be allowed to put anything in print. They are too reckless, often times dumb, and some must spend as much time apologizing as they do practicing. Frequently, it's also a huge black eye to the NCAA. Read some of Harvins tweets. It appears he didn't spend much time studying while at U Florida.
Then you have the idiots of the NBA. Immediately following the Travon Martin death. Wade and a few other uninformed morons, like our president, immediately decided Zimmerman was a murderer; "How could such a thing happen to this sweet, innocent child"? "Well, it was only because he was wearing a hoodie, let's all wear hoodies" in support of this punk. They created such an uproar, that it was astonishing Zimmerman ever got a fair trial. Now, I don't care what your beliefs are in that case, the point remains the same. Athletes have a huge influence on the masses and thus capable of creating mass hysteria. They should not wield such power, IMO.
