Winnipeg Jets forward Evander Kane probably didn’t expect to dominate twitter today when he woke up, but in the world of twitter, one brain camp tweet can blow up in your face.
At 4:44 AM this morning, Kane sent out the below tweet and accompanying image.
Hey @floydmayweather pick up your phone cause I’m callin #imdifferent @jduppal twitter.com/EKane9JETS/sta…
— Evander Kane (@EKane9JETS) December 19, 2012
Those are some big stacks of cash.
Right before the lockout, Kane signed a 6 year, $31.5 million contract. Now, he hasn’t seen any of that money yet, but he did have a $900,000 base salary with $90,000 signing bonus last year. He also received performance bonuses up to $2.2 million (capgeek.com). It’s not know exactly how much money he earned last year.
Many people were not impressed with this, as there have been a lot of people who have lost their jobs, or have lost a lot of money because of the lockout.
Ken Viebe of the Winnipeg Sun was able to talk to Kane this afternoon.
For those wondering, yes it is real money.“I didn’t mean to offend anybody or ruin anybody’s day. It was more of a joke.”— Kane #NHLJets
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
Kane was surprised by the backlash over the tweet. “I didn’t mean to offend anybody. It was taken by a bunch of people in the wrong context” — Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
Asked Kane about the perception of how it makes the players look bad/greedy during the lockout when many folks are struggling financially… — Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
“I totally get that point, I understand it. But it had nothing to do with the lockout or my views on it.”— Evander Kane — Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
“Everybody is affected by this lockout. It’s not like we’re on strike. We would love to be able to play hockey right now.”— Kane (cont…) — Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
“When it comes to people that work at the rinks, have jobs in restaurants and concessions, it’s tough.”— Kane #NHLJets — Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
As far as getting any pressure to take the tweet down, Kane said:”I’m not going to be peer-pressured to take anything down.
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
“Like I said earlier, it was a joke and that’s all that was intended. It wasn’t meant to offend anybody or ruin anybody’s day.”— Kane
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) December 19, 2012
