Wednesday, March 12th, news of running back Daren Sproles trade
went viral on Twitter. ESPN announced," THIS JUST IN: Saints
now plan to trade RB Darren Sproles due to heavy interest.
He will not be released."
The only catch to this news was that the running back himself
was unaware of this trade. The New Orleans Saints had not
notified him of the news. Sproles became aware of the
trade after scrolling through his Twitter feed. He replied to
ESPNs tweet by stating, "WOW! ": THIS JUST
IN: Saints now plan to trade RB Darren Sproles due to heavy
interest. He will not be released." Sproles then went on to tweet,
"The stuff u find out on twitter"
This news story, like many others broke via social media. Today,
this is the norm on social media. Users are able to gain access to
breaking and popular stories. However, in this case the story
happend to pertain to one of its viewers.
While I believe social media is a powerful and helpful tool in the
news industry, I feel that in this case, it made the New Orleans
Saints look bad.
Whether the Saints planned to notify Sproles about the news
or not, it paints a clear picture to me and the public, that the New
Orleans Saints have a faulty communication system within their
organization.
Interesting post I actually follow Sproles on twitter and I also found it odd that the team tweeted it before he even knew about it. I feel it would just be common courtesy to tell the man so he isn't finding out about his future over social media.
ReplyDeleteThat must be awful to find out that you lost your job over Twitter especially after thousands of people knew before you did. Seems very inconsiderate.
ReplyDeleteI saw this the other day and thought it was a little comical, but only because of the way Sproles chose to react to the tweet. The Saints organization most definitely should have informed their player of any intentions they had to move him before they submitted to social media. However, I suppose that's the world we live in today.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a funny article. I saw this on Twitter and on several news websites when it happened. I would love to interview Darren Sproles and get his perspective on all this. Rookie mistake by ESPN, or maybe a big mistake by the Saints organization.
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