Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: Like It or Not, NFL Has Best Athletes in Sports

July 6, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

I tweeted NFL players are the best athletes. All hell broke loose after that.
 
1. Sticking Your Head Into the Teeth of Twitter Can Be Dangerous It was a simple tweet and it went like this: 
Such a simple, non-offensive tweet. It was in response to the massive contracts NBA players have been receiving since the start of free agency. I thought that if basketball players were getting that kind of cash, why weren't the best athletes in the universe making that kind of money?
It wasn't meant to troll. It was just an observation.
Hoo boy, did I open the floodgates. Thousands of responses poured in. For days and days. People interrupted their celebrations of our freedom from the British Empire and hot dog massacres to call me an idiot or defend me. The takes that followed had the heat of a billion solar flares. I needed an Apollo heat shield. Responses ranged from "eat a d--k" to "you're butthurt" to "idiot" to "your an idiot" to, well, you get the point.
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