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Brew: Common sports names cause confusion
WESLEY DOTSON
@WesleyDee23
imagine you're a fan of the New York Jets. It's easy to say your team had a great deal of success this past offseason. In addition to the team's early 3-1 record, Todd Bowles was welcomed in as the new head coach, and your team's most notable player acquisition was wide receiver Brandon Marshall — formerly of the Chicago Bears.
So, naturally, one would expect Jet fans to make their way onto their Twitter accounts and mention Marshall in their various words of encouragement and support tweets as he prepared himself for New York
Well, that kind of, sort of, happened. A verified account with the name Brandon
marsnail was often mentioned, but it just so happened to be the linebacker of the Denver Broncos with the same exact name.
@BMarshh54 yo man how does it feel to be a NY Jet????
- @twobucktrevor
- @BMarshh54 Welcome to NY #Jets
- @cdome06
So it wasn't enough to have bears fans always blowing up my Twitter. Now I have Jets fans blowing it up.. This is a never ending journey lol
Tweeting at the wrong player or person seems to happen more often than one would
think. Just this past Sunday, the Liverpool football club decided to relieve manager Brendan Rodgers of his duties.
- @BMarshh54
Apparently, this sent Liverpool fans on a Twitter tirade, and they each gave their own aggrieved opinions to the first verified Twitter account with the name Brendan Rodgers they could find. As you could have probably guessed, fans once again did not successfully tweet at the correct one.
IM NOT THE LIVER POOL MANAGER
Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers does not have a 'Twitter account.
for the Rockies.
- @Broddddd3
This Brendan Rodgers happens to be a shortstop in the Colorado Rockies organization. He was the No.3 overall pick in the 2015 MLB Draft and is expected to perform at a high level in the coming years
There was another similar situation back in 2013 involving the Chelsea football club, and a regular, ordinary girl named Chelsea LaSalle. Seeing as LeSalle shares her first name with arguably the most popular football club in the world, the pattern would suggest her mentions were constantly flooded with tweets on the football club.
Not only was that the case, she has even been mistaken for the football club by FIFA. Yes, even the FIFA organization itself mixed up poor Chelsea LaSalle with one of its most popular teams.
I AM NOT A FOOTBALL CLUB
- @chelsea
i hate football season
— @chelsea
Now this situation actually has a simpler fix. She could easily change her Twitter handle and not have to worry about all the flood of sports tweets again, but she has chosen to stick with it. Maybe she appreciates her new following.
These instances should serve as a message to all sports fans. If you want to bash Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall on Twitter for, say, trying to lateral after picking up a first down and instead fumbling terribly, make sure you do your due diligence and retrieve his correct Twitter handle (@BMarshall).
Brandon Marshall's failed lateral attempt #OnlyThe-
@NFL_Stats
If you're a Liverpool fan and you want to give former manager Brendan Rodgers a piece of your mind, well, you'll have to track down his address and send him a personal letter because he is not on any form of social media.
All in all, just be sure that whomever you're about to mention in that tweet is indeed the person you want to address. Because if they aren't, a following will begin, and the last thing we need is more confusion in the sports media world.
Edited by Jackson Vickery
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