NBA player fined big bucks for a Tweet

According to the NBA's social media policy players are not supposed to tweet during game time, defined as 45 minutes before start of the game and ends after the players have finished talking to the media. 


Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings [@YUNGBUCK3] tweeted. 
Back to 500. Yess!!! "500" means where doing good. Way to Play Hard Guys.



For which he was fined $7500. Why? because his tweet came 15 minutes after the game ended. The Tweet was not controversial or said anything that compromised his game or the team's. It simply happened during the time that players are not supposed to Tweet. 


Jennings was not happy especially that the fine came just before Christmas. 


"I'm bout to delete my twitter," another Jennings posting said. "Twitter cost me 7500. Looks like no Gucci and Louie for Xmas."


The NBA is serious about their social media policy and Jennings said it was an honest rookie mistake.

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