It is worth noting that many athletes, celebrities, and individuals with professional occupations often maintain additional social media accounts. This trend also applies to NBA referees, as evidenced by the recent exposure of Eric Lewis’ secondary account.
NBA is investigating the account.
Five years ago a burner Twitter account scandal brought down 76ers general manager Bryan Colangelo, now the NBA is investigating allegations of a similar nature.
The league has opened an investigation into a suspicious Twitter account that has been speculated to belong to veteran referee Eric Lewis, according to a Friday evening report from NBA writer Marc Stein.
On Thursday morning, Twitter user @PabloEscoburner—citing another user, @Mikey_Wyllin—published two screen recordings totaling over three minutes in length depicting the replies of a Twitter account under the name Blair Cuttliff.
“Cuttliff’s” replies were almost entirely made to tweets mentioning Lewis, a 19-year veteran who began his officiating career in 2005. Many of the replies are in response to tweets questioning the competitive integrity of the league.
Many tweets are simply defending Lewis and there doesn’t seem to be anything extremely harmful going on.
Lewis is considered a highly competent referee, so I don’t expect this situation to cause major problems. His brother has claimed responsibility for creating the account and taking the blame.
Although it may not seem entirely truthful, it’s likely the best explanation they could come up with quickly.
It’s unlikely that Lewis will officiate any NBA Finals games due to this minor scandal, but I don’t believe he will be fired or face serious consequences.
It may be worth investigating Scott Foster’s potential use of burner accounts and offshore accounts. He could potentially be involved in misconduct and should be thoroughly looked into.
What are your thoughts on the situation? Is it a significant matter or something trivial?What are your thoughts on the situation? Is it a significant matter or something trivial?
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