The Goat

Anyone who has ever played sports has been there at one point in their life. That moment where you know you messed up and worst of all let your teammates down.

I was reading an article during the week on Kyle Williams the kick returner for the 49’ers in response to the ten points, and arguably the win as well, he cost his team. Granted I am a huge Giants fan and I couldn’t have been happier. But from an athlete stand point I couldn’t help but feel bad for Kyle Williams, he obviously didn’t intend to screw up that bad.

The article, posted here on ESPN, was explaining how he has been receiving threats via Twitter/Facebook from 49’ers fans. It may not seem like a huge deal because it’s over the internet, but that’s exactly the problem. People think just because they are hidden behind a computer screen it gives them the right to say whatever they want. It doesn’t.

"Some people cross that line and don't think twice about it ... don't think that there's somebody on the other side of that line that may feel that or that may have to respond to that or may have to deal with that," Williams said in the article.

Williams then goes on to explain how the true fans have come to his support and his teammates have been nothing but good to him since the game. Maybe there is some hope for humanity after all.

I mean, he did screw up really badly. But threatening someone you don’t even personally know? That’s a little much.  Facebook, Twitter and social media in general are certainly changing the way sports and pretty much everything in general works. Does that make it okay to abuse our first amendment while hiding behind a monitor?