During the post game interview, Sherman was very passionate with his response. He called out Crabtree by exclaiming that he was the best cornerback in the game and made a stern statement to him, stating, "Don't you ever talk about me!"
As expected, Twitter exploded with the opinions of thousands regarding his actions in the interview. Judgmental, hateful, hurtful, and ignorant tweets were posted discussing Sherman's behavior after the game. He was called a thug, tasteless, uneducated, and even as low as being called a nigger.
As a nation, we love this kind of drama because it is our entertainment. Twitter allows anyone at any time to share their opinion about anything. With people's opinions comes the responses to those opinions, which frequently turns into what has become known as "Twitter Drama."
Sherman was a graduate of Stanford with a 3.9 GPA, and has never had a violation with the NFL (not even as small as cussing in an interview). But the people love the drama it creates and regardless of what people have done in the past, a "poor decision" will be harped on through Twitter.
The amount of "Twitter Drama" that this incident created was nearly immeasurable. There were plenty of people who belittled Sherman, and many who stood up for him and his passion for the game. As one could image, these people bumped heads and loved debating the situation over Twitter. I feel bad for Sherman and the corrupt things that were said about him, but at the same time, it made for one hell of an evening on one of the most used applications in the world.
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Garrett,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your assessment of the mistreatment of Sherman following this game. With a league as popular as the NFL and a game as popular as the NFC championship, there is sure to be high intensity, passion, and reaction to almost any action by a player involving the game. The athletes of today are constantly being monitored and judged for all of their words and actions by the media and sport consumers. An athlete must understand the opportunity and spotlight he/she has received, but sometimes fans and bystanders take their words and judgment too far. Sherman was simply showing great passion and pride in his performance and he and his Seattle team's accomplishment to play in the biggest game any of them will ever have a chance to compete in. Sherman was asked his question just minutes after his impactful play, and any athlete will understand the adrenaline and excitement that comes with making a play to help your team. The only thing I fault Sherman for is not crediting his teammates and coaches immediately after the game for being such a large contribution to the victory. With the way he interviewed after the game, those who did not watch might have felt he was the only one on the field in the first place capturing the win.
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ReplyDeleteWith Sherman going viral in every social media platform and with the SuperBowl just around the corner, it is only right for us to put in our two cents. Garrett, I definitely agree with what you've said and there is no doubt that people love Twitter drama. There is also no question that social media and the news have the ability to amplify and exaggerate any situation. Football is a high intensity sport with players that are high-adrenaline and high-testosterone. After making a play like that, I'm sure anybody would be hyped up and excited, just as Brian mentioned earlier. But what really catches my attention is the hate and ignorance that has risen from this incident. Social media platforms like Twitter allow users to express their feelings and spread it to the masses. There is no need to get racial and hopefully people can just appreciate the competitive nature of the sport. Anyways, GO BRONCOS!
ReplyDeleteThough its true that Sherman should have taken his actions under a little more consideration I do agree that there was no reason for this story to explode in the way that it did. Football is a game of passion and if you are not passionate than you will not be able to compete with other players in the league. He was a tad foolish though when he took it to the press conference and continued to talk about Crabtree, in addition when he started communicating with him through twitter you could see that an issue was going to arise. However I still do not feel that it should have escalated to the scale that it did and race definitely should never come into play, we are in the year 2014 people need to stop with the hate already and accept people for who they are and also forgive people for making mistakes. Sherman realizes that he took the attention of the "team" win and made it all about himself and he has apologized for that. Now all that is left to do is to move on and stop trying to make this story bigger than it actually is
ReplyDeleteThe only reason this certain topic got any attention is due to our media being drawn to any sight of drama like you said. If there is even a hint of it, the media will take it and stretch it out as far as they can. I know from my twitter feed that a lot of the people tweeting about it were just every day people. I also heard many versions of the story and all of the different theories of why it happened. When something goes big like this, that is when you find the more discrepencies in the information
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