Tweets of the week: Welter makes history

Sport360 staff 14:34 31/07/2015
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  • Welter (l) and outraged NFL fans.

    The Arizona Cardinals made history on Monday when they named Jen Welter to the coaching staff as an intern to work with the inside linebackers during training camp and the preseason. Welter is the first woman to hold an NFL coaching position of any kind. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the historic news…

    — Dr. Jen Welter (@jwelter47) July 28, 2015

    Social media explodes over Brady news
    The NFL, on Tuesday, decided to uphold Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in “Deflategate” and the Patriots QB instantly became the No1 trend on Twitter in the United States when the news broke.

    Here is some of the reaction to the decision which naturally includes some sarcastic comments directed towards NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who has been criticised for how poorly he handled the whole situation.

    Dutch have the last laugh
    A Mexico fan had been tweeting the Dutch FA every single day since the Netherlands got through to the World Cup quarter-finals last year against Mexico thanks to a questionable penalty.

    After 392 daily tweets saying “no era penal”, meaning “it wasn’t a penalty”, the Mexican with the Twitter handle @Josesomor26 finally got a response from the Dutch FA when El Tri won the Gold Cup on Monday.

    Simulation game turns real
    You know the game Football Manager is getting really good at real-life simulation when you get sacked by a club in the virtual world yet end up getting an actual tweet from that club’s official Twitter account.

    Check out this exchange between Twitter user @AndyMurray89 and Borussia Monchengladbach.

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