Sammy Watkins criticizes fans as "losers"
Is Sammy Watkin's jersey next for the fire?
The last time I posted an article about Sammy Watkins, I was criticized by a few Bills fans for taking his comments out of context - which I didn't. Some fans said he had every right to speak out against the Bills coaches and QB’s and they defended his right to use the media to press his case for getting more balls thrown his way.
I’m a firm believer in the freedom of speech, but knowing when to talk and when to hold your tongue are sometimes more important than what you say and who you are saying it to.
Well, it looks like Sammy has spoken again, and this time he has taken aim at the fans that have criticized him for being injured and not available to play.
According to ESPN staff writer Mike Rodak, he posted the following statement on Instagram - and then deleted it when the s**t started to hit the fan:
"I'm not first or last person that's gone be injured difference from me and you guys y'all mad and I'm not get a life and goto work stop worrying about my job because I'm good on this end and forever will be losers most of you just wish to be in this position so continue working y'all little jobs for the rest of y'all lives since everyone once a response here go one have a blessed day."
First of all, Sammy needs to take a course in writing, secondly - and more importantly - he needs a mentor - a veteran teammate that will take him under his wing and teach him the first lesson of being a professional athlete: Remember who pays your salary!
You only become a pro when someone is willing to pay you for your services. Some people think it’s the team owner paying the athlete. Technically, that is true, but the real financiers of the game are the fans. They are the ones forking out their hard earned cash – money they have made in their “little jobs” as Sammy puts it.
Ultimately, the fans are the true source of all the money that comes into the NFL. Advertisers wouldn’t be paying millions of dollars to the networks and cable TV companies if their marketing didn’t work on the fans that are watching the games. The revenue is also generated by fans buying tickets and shelling out $150 a pop for a Sammy Watkins authentic NFL jersey.
After his unfortunate comments, Sammy will probably see his jersey being burned in effigy. They did it to Collin Kaepernick and he was only critical of one fan on twitter!
I’m not sure who can talk sense into Sammy right now, but he really needs to understand who butters his bread……..and who can turn it to toast. The pen is mightier than the sword, and right now there is a small rebellion taking place against Sammy. It's a war of words that's becoming a big distraction - one that the Bills don’t need right now.
Even though Sammy was writing about certain fans that think he should be playing despite his injuries, he says something that all fans may find rather offensive "most of you just wish to be in this position so continue working y'all little jobs for the rest of y'all lives". As I said in a previous article, "the average player salary is now 2 million dollars. That's more money in one year than the average worker makes in an entire lifetime."
The fans in Buffalo have endured a lot of national criticism about our weather and our mediocre football team - a team that will probably be extending its record streak of no-shows for the playoffs - so the last thing they want to hear is some multi-millionaire football player demeaning their jobs and insinuating that they are all a bunch of wanna-be pro football players.
One of the first things that a worker in the customer service industry learns is the slogan "The customer is always right." We all know the slogan is not true, because we have all seen horrible customers in our lifetimes - and some of them deserve to be flogged in the public square for their rude and insulting behavior. BUT, if the restaurant wants that customer to come back in the future, they better treat them like they are always right. The fans - the customers of the NFL - have earned the right to criticize players, because they have paid for that right - whether they are right or wrong.
If he hasn’t already done it, Sammy would be wise to issue a public apology………faster than he can run a go route.
Update: Sammy ran the fastest "backpedal" time in the history of the NFL and apologized for his comments here.
