Davone Bess impersonated on Twitter
Dolphins receiver Davone Bess was being impersonated on Twitter under the name "Lambo_Weezy," which currently shows a Twitter page that doesn't exist. However, on Monday night, Lambo_Weezy had 1200 followers, per Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post.
Lambo_Weezy challenged Titans RB Chris Johnson to a foot race and Johnson accepted. Johnson, who ran a 4.24 forty at the NFL Combine, accepted the challenge from "Bess," who ran a 4.8 forty.
"Relatively speaking, I don't know what the damage is, but no one wants to be impersonated," [Bess' agent Kenny] Zuckerman said. "It's not identify theft in the true sense, with someone using their credit or opening up accounts in his name, but it definitely can be troublesome to someone who is famous."
NFL teams should set up a page on their team websites that lists all players and their Twitter account user names, if they have one. Or if they don't. They can do the same with other social-networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, etc.
Then, it's easy for the media or whomever to verify when a player is making real claims, statements, etc. And when they are not.
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Lambo_Weezy challenged Titans RB Chris Johnson to a foot race and Johnson accepted. Johnson, who ran a 4.24 forty at the NFL Combine, accepted the challenge from "Bess," who ran a 4.8 forty.
"Relatively speaking, I don't know what the damage is, but no one wants to be impersonated," [Bess' agent Kenny] Zuckerman said. "It's not identify theft in the true sense, with someone using their credit or opening up accounts in his name, but it definitely can be troublesome to someone who is famous."
NFL teams should set up a page on their team websites that lists all players and their Twitter account user names, if they have one. Or if they don't. They can do the same with other social-networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Tumblr, etc.
Then, it's easy for the media or whomever to verify when a player is making real claims, statements, etc. And when they are not.
* Note: You can follow us on Twitter @EDSFootball. Alternatively, you can follow us on Twitter (for all things Miami Dolphins - for example, our blog posts, forum threads, etc.) @NFL_Miami.
