Twitter Tantrums

The social media world has opened up numerous opportunities for people to connect and instantly share their though and feelings on anything, (whether they're worthwhile or not). This has given fans unprecedented access to their heroes and makes them presumably, feel closer to those they admire. However, like anything else there is a case of either too much information or self indulgent responses. For example take Damar Derozan of the Toronto Raptors. He was benched in the fourth quarter of their game in Houston the other night and posted his displeasure on his twitter account in no uncertain terms (straight bull$#%^). The remarks were subsequently removed, though certainly the feelings weren't. These feelings are obviously nothing new as athletes have felt this way since the dawn of sport. However, the need to share them is what's most intriguing. I mean, should players be punished for such acts? I can see tweeting during a game being an issue as your focus should be elsewhere but voicing an opinion that anyone with any common sense would have surmised before you said it is almost pointless, no? I mean many NFL players have whined about other players or the fines from the league on their twitter as opposed to doing it the old fashioned way in front of a TV camera, and while it's hard for me to feel bad for millionaires most of the time, it is their right to voice an opinion, isn't it? That's why social media is there in the first place. This makes it more entertaining and dare I say honest. And look what that gets you. Sure, for the good of the team you should suck it up, keep your mouth closed go out and do the job for which you are well paid and take it like a man, but should one choose to voice their displeasure in a situation where everyone involved knows they are unhappy, so be it. The fact is it's never going to change and people are always going to be subject to their emotions. In this way you will get the drama that unfolds and this is what keeps us watching. So as much as teams would like to curtail this it's what keeps fans involved, and people like me in material.