Nasty sports administrators: Power freaks
"Kellerman, a 22-year-old student in her fourth year with the team, became a national sensation on Thanksgiving when she was accidentally tackled on the sideline by Cowboys tight end Jason Witten
CNBC's Darren Rovell reported that Kellerman was forced to delete her Twitter account after posting two messages on Friday morning about the incident. Her Tweets were good-natured and innocuous. Those were pretty much the perfect tweets: Clever, self-deprecating and a bit funny.
Why did she have to delete her Twitter account? Do the Cowboys believe cheerleaders are only to be seen, not heard? Hardly. The team allows cameras to record cheerleader auditions for a reality show on CMT.
It's alright when the team controls the message but not when a cheerleader begins to get a following and has the stage to herself?
This should have been a win-win for everyone involved. Witten looked chivalrous when he helped up Kellerman, she became endearing with her laughter and positive attitude. Both the franchise and the cheerleaders looked good after this.
Now, only Kellerman does.
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Only now are the team's (and the TV network) true motives being questioned? Those girls are only there for the "T&A" factor, and everybody knows it. Apparently, they're not allowed to have minds as well as nice bodies.
Did she post these tweets durring the game? The articles I have seen on this are not clear.
If it was durring the game, then I don't think this has anything to do with the team or that it was a cheerleader. This is a league rule.
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/134462/why-cant-players-tweet-during-nfl-games.html
NFL players who use social media during a game are liable for a $25,000 fine.
No big deal. That's one night's worth of cocain or one set of 50" chrome rims for them.
It's all about 'control the message' and the team is only following Comrade Obama's lead. For further study, please review the Internet Censorship Act, which will likely make this site illegal shortly.
This story was sourced anonymously and while carried by multiple organizations, contained nothing from the Cowboys or the cheerleader in question.
At least the Cowboys have responded:
Following a request for comment from CNET, the team's director of public relations, Rich Dalrymple, wrote in an email, "The organization doesn't get [into] administering the Twitter accounts of players or cheerleaders. Melissa made her own decisions regarding her account over the weekend."
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-57331720-52/tackled-cowboys-cheerleader-forced-off-twitter/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703
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