We see this all the time.
Athlete doesn’t like what a media person is saying and now because of the power of social media they can express that. Many athletes like to pull the “you never played card”, which is one of the dumbest cards to play. For instance Michael & Jemele both graduated at the top of their classes in Journalism school, does that mean athletes who have no journalism experiences shouldn’t get jobs?
I never watch analyst sports shows until recently. But after watching this His/Her show. SMH These people have never touched a ball. 👎👎👎
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 11, 2016
Never one to back down from a challenge, Jemele Hill and Michael Smith responded.
Well since you have some free time, feel free to come to Bristol and show us how we can do our job better https://t.co/t3c8BHweZ7
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 11, 2016
#pullup https://t.co/2sgkEviMTa
— Michael Smith (@michaelsmith) May 11, 2016
This led to the following thoughts from Patrick Beverley.
@jemelehill Let me know the time and date and I'm there. In the meantime you put on a rockets jersey and do my job. Since we switching jobs.
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 11, 2016
@michaelsmith all talk. Perception is reality. But instead, you choose to make the perception worse and your happy with that.
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 11, 2016
@michaelsmith be happy doing a job that is positive. Bashing people to get ratings up. Smh. Stand for nothing and you will fall for anything
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 11, 2016
But there was a twist to the ending, flip the pages to see…