Ah yes, the Twitter apology
Just gimme a f-in break already. Twitter’s cool for a lot of reasons. I won’t go into them. One thing that sucks about it is that it gives today’s athletes another easy and lame way out of any sort of accountability. Back in the day, if you f-ed up — and needed/wanted to show some remorse for actions that reflected poorly or your organization — you might get in front of a microphone or release a written statement or do an interview. Hell, you’ve even got agents, PR people and others who you can have write the stuff for you. It’s not an incredibly difficult formula.
Newly-acquired Knicks point guard Jason Kidd, instead used the increasingly-popular “Twitter route” on Friday to apologize for recent actions that led to his arrest and a DUI charge. The wreck left his Escalade totaled. As many have pointed out (including law enforcement), Kidd seems lucky to have escaped without any major injuries (let alone alive). Fortunately for him, Twitter provides the pe...
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July 22, 2012
