NFL Players, Fans Use #LETUSPLAY Day To Make Statement
On Tuesday, the NFL Players Association hosted a social media event, Let Us Play Day. The online movement combined different social media platforms, spreading the message from players to fans that they just want to play.
Hundreds of NFL players showed their solidarity by re-tweeting the following message:
“Today is #LETUSPLAY Day. Help #NFL Players & Fans #BlocktheLockout. Visit NFLLockout.com and sign the Petition.”
Troy Polamalu, Ray Rice, Maurice Jones-Drew, Darnell Dockett, Steven Jackson, Anquan Boldin, Ricky Williams, Nick Mangold, Takeo Spikes and Matt Hasselbeck were among the players spreading the word on Twitter to sign the petition to block the lockout.
NFLPA Player Board Members Hamza Abdullah and Bruce Gradkowski were at the NFLPA headquarters for New Rep Orientation and were excited to join the conversation on Twitter.
@HamzaAbdullah21: #LockoutMeans instability, my wife & children are looking to me for answers that I don’t have, #LETUSPLAY
@HamzaAbdullah21: “#LockoutMeans stores that support football might close & players want football just as much as the fans, #LETUSPLAY
@bgradkowski5: A lockout to the fans would mean no more fantasy fball!! Monday mornings would be miserable! & my life would be boring! #LETUSPLAY @NFLLockout
Fans also showed their concerns about life without the NFL.
@JoeGoodberry: #lockoutmeans nothing for fans to talk about in the offseason. No player trades. No free agency. No camps. #LETUSPLAY
@niftyfoodie : Football is the only sport I watch and care about. Don’t even think about taking it away! #LETUSPLAY
@SB_MikeMay: #lockoutmeans if the World Series sucks as bad as last year, have no choice but to watch…nothing else on, #LETUSPLAY
NFLPA President Kevin and NFLPA Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs George Atallah took the time to answer questions from fans on Ustream and Twitter.
@haynesd: In the end, do you think the negotiations are bringing owners and players closer or just creating a bigger divide? #LETUSPLAY
@NFLLockout: Kevin Mawae- Meetings are not productive when someone says to you “none of your business”
@Seminolefinatic when would be the soonest we will know something regarding the CBA?
@NFLLockout We’d prefer sooner rather than later. Right now, 44 days to go is the unfortunate reality.
The response for this social media blitz was so great that hashtag #LETUSPLAY was a worldwide trending topic for more than 3 hours this morning.
Thank you everyone for your support of the players, fans and NFLLockout.com.
To view the complete Ustream/Twitter chat with Mawae and Atallah, click here.
January 21st, 2011 at 8:41 pm
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