Nowadays if you are famous thousands of people on social networking sites want to know your every move, thought, or opinion. Whether the site is Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace these players garner following interest in their everyday life from fans. Recently athletes have gotten into trouble by posting controversial messages specifically on their Twitter pages. Rashard Mendenhall, of the Pittsburgh Steelers had a famous controversy on a post referring to Osama Bin Laden. His page quoted "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side..." On the fifteen of April, Bin Laden's death was celebrated across the United States. Mendenhall decided he wanted to post this comment on Twitter and unfortunately for him consequences followed. Mendenhall was a given a label as an anti-American after the horrors Bin Laden caused on September 11th, 2001. Also, Rashard was reprimanded by his team's owner and front office management. To top it all off Mendenhall lost his lucrative endorsement deal with the company Champion. What a week! All of this controversy over something that could have been kept to himself. Actions have consequences; don't regret your actions later because for Mendenhall's case money was lost on current endorsements, and future endorsements!
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