The allure of $200K per tweet was meant to encourage NSFL players to have a Twitter presence. Money is difficult to come by, and with players hoping to purchase training and equipment, they cannot solely rely on their salaries. The concept of Twitter money provides an easy opportunity to make ends meet, especially for unemployed players, like yours truly. With the amount of wide receivers living under a bridge increasing tenfold over the last two seasons, it is much needed for the poorer members of the community.
14 players submitted claims last week, but there has been a trend of decreasing submissions the last few weeks. The week of 11/24 had 17 claims, while 11/17 had 18 claims. Why the decrease? The answer may lie in a failure to pay Twitter claims.
"We need a proper hashtag for NSFL, and we need to get the payout that we were promised. Maybe I'm a bit salty, but I got called out publicly for debt in a thread, which just flat out isn't correct. I'm owed at least 2 million in Twitter money," said Tommy Helanen. "I know my DSFL GM runs this stuff, so I probably could ask what is going on. But since I'm not getting paid, I need money, so I'm taking the chance to talk to the press. That's just the way the cookie crumbles."
Is Tommy salty, or correct? Our investigation supports his heated rhetoric; according to the NSFL Bank primary logs, the last payment for Twitter was given out on November 6th. In two days, it will have been an entire month since any money was dished out to anybody. We reached out to the Office of Twitter Payments for comment, and a spokesperson forwarded us this statement on the matter:
"Having a job is different from doing a job, so you people need to get your unrealistic expectations out of your head. There are claim threads up, post there and do a rain dance; then maybe we'll have mercy on you and make it rain cash. We get that people need money, but that's really not our problem and it just sucks to be you. And now, back to watching videos of soap cutting."
The office failed to provide any further reasoning for why they had not taken action on the pending claims, and dismissed complaints such as Helanen's as "reasonable" and "relatable". With such polarizing opinions on the issue, it does not look as though any action will be taken soon, but with debt on the rise, the players likely do not have long to wait. If they don't receive their payments soon, they will be keen to find another way to make a quick buck, and the NSFL social media presence may completely fizzle out.
The Twitter claim thread for this week is up; a forlorn reminder of a good idea that could have been, if only human laziness didn't win out at the end of the day.
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14 players submitted claims last week, but there has been a trend of decreasing submissions the last few weeks. The week of 11/24 had 17 claims, while 11/17 had 18 claims. Why the decrease? The answer may lie in a failure to pay Twitter claims.
"We need a proper hashtag for NSFL, and we need to get the payout that we were promised. Maybe I'm a bit salty, but I got called out publicly for debt in a thread, which just flat out isn't correct. I'm owed at least 2 million in Twitter money," said Tommy Helanen. "I know my DSFL GM runs this stuff, so I probably could ask what is going on. But since I'm not getting paid, I need money, so I'm taking the chance to talk to the press. That's just the way the cookie crumbles."
Is Tommy salty, or correct? Our investigation supports his heated rhetoric; according to the NSFL Bank primary logs, the last payment for Twitter was given out on November 6th. In two days, it will have been an entire month since any money was dished out to anybody. We reached out to the Office of Twitter Payments for comment, and a spokesperson forwarded us this statement on the matter:
"Having a job is different from doing a job, so you people need to get your unrealistic expectations out of your head. There are claim threads up, post there and do a rain dance; then maybe we'll have mercy on you and make it rain cash. We get that people need money, but that's really not our problem and it just sucks to be you. And now, back to watching videos of soap cutting."
The office failed to provide any further reasoning for why they had not taken action on the pending claims, and dismissed complaints such as Helanen's as "reasonable" and "relatable". With such polarizing opinions on the issue, it does not look as though any action will be taken soon, but with debt on the rise, the players likely do not have long to wait. If they don't receive their payments soon, they will be keen to find another way to make a quick buck, and the NSFL social media presence may completely fizzle out.
The Twitter claim thread for this week is up; a forlorn reminder of a good idea that could have been, if only human laziness didn't win out at the end of the day.
Word Count: 489 Words