Twitter part of the reason why this running back is out of a job

Well it is official...running back Larry Johnson has just been released from the Kansas City Chiefs shortly after being suspended by the team twice in two years. The reason? A huge part of the decision to release him was his attitude that lead him to tweet negatively about his head coach. The worst part of the situation was that he used a gay slur in his tweets about his head coach.

One tweet read: My father got more creditentials than most of these pro coaches." That was followed by: "My father played for the coach from "rememeber the titans". Our coach played golf. My father played for redskins briefley. Our coach. Nuthn."

That drew up responses from people for which Johnson struck back using the gay slur.

It is a shame that athletes have to act the way that they do. Such wasted talent nowadays. Larry Johnson is a pretty solid player but now that talent is overshadowed by his opinion and big mouth. On top of his mouth, he has also had a few run-ins with the law. He plead guilty to two counts of disturbing the peace when he was charged with throwing a drink on one woman while pulling another woman's hair back. He was also accused of spitting in someone's face outside a nightclub.

Although his attitude is sour, his talent is not. He was one of the best running backs in the league for 2005 and 2006 rushing for close to 2,000 yards each season. The year, however, production has gone down only averaging 2.7 yards per carry.

Performance is also to blame but the major reason people believe Larry Johnson is jobless is due to his unacceptable use of the social media site Twitter. This just further proves why you should filter out information you do not want other professionals seeing. Make your social media sites professional friendly...even if you are an overpaid athlete! It may cost you your job.