One of these don’t belong: celebrities, professional athletes, fame, and privacy. Unfortunately, privacy is not a privilege that many professional athletes get to keep along with their freedom of speech in today's world. The Communication Privacy Management (CPM) explains the constant battle, balancing between concealing and revealing private information of an individual. With the power of social media, this battle can turn into an all out war.
Numerous professional athletes have been fined for speaking their mind. Granted some of these thoughts are better kept to oneself, but others may only be trying to build a positive influence with thousands of fans or showing gratitude towards another.
The reasonably fined:
Carlton Cole, an English footballer, was fined $27,000 for tweeting an immigration joke. A MMA fighter, Miguel Torres was dropped from the UFC after tweeting a joke about rape. Lets not forget about homosexuality, as Larry Johnson that plays for the NFL was suspended and NBA player Amare Stoudemire was fined $50,000 for gay slurs.
Fines for negative comments are harsh, but they make logical sense. Role models for so many others should not construct such negative comments for the world to see.
The ridiculously fined:
“In da locker room, snuck to post my twitt. We’re playing the Celtics, tie ball game at da half. Coach wants more toughness. I gotta step up.” -Charlie Villanueva
Yes, tweeting during half time probably isn't the most official thing to do, but to Villanueva it seemed the same as a halftime report directed towards his followers.
Antonio Cromartie was fined $2,500 for complaining about cafeteria food. Not for outrageous behavior, racism, homosexual slurs or violence. Only for simply stating he didn't like the food.
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