Tackled Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Forced Off Twitter?
- Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:11pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Kellerman reacts after being tackled during a Thanksgiving Day game Thursday. (Photo credit: Dallas Morning News)
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who was accidentally tackled by a 265-pound tight end during a Thanksgiving Day game has reportedly been forced off Twitter after taking to the micro-blogging site to write about the encounter.
According to CNBC’s Darren Rovell, 22-year-old Melissa Kellerman was forced to delete her account Friday after posting two tongue-in-cheek tweets about what happened:
Image source: Yahoo! Sports
Kellerman’s once-active Twitter page now returns an error message.
Image source: YouTube
“Shame on the Cowboys for pulling cheerleader @MelissaRae off Twitter. Not allowing these girls to capitalize is criminal,” Rovell wrote on his own account.
He added, “If Cowboys don’t trust the cheerleaders to speak for themselves, why do they even interview them for the squad?
As Yahoo! Sports’ Chris Chase pointed out, the team allows cameras to film cheerleader auditions for a reality show, making the decision to stop Kellerman from tweeting seem even more suspect.
“It’s alright when the team controls the message but not when a cheerleader begins to get a following and has the stage to herself?” he wrote. “Witten looked chivalrous when he helped up Kellerman, she became endearing with her laughter and positive attitude. Both the franchise and the cheerleaders looked good after this. Now, only Kellerman does.”
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Comments (167)
SHOOTnCRASH
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:04pmShe’s hot. thats it, thats all i got.
Report Post »BtheRent
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:46pmsay no more
Report Post »for-what-its-worth
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:09pmI concur! ;-)
Report Post »oeaoho
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:06pmLOL!!! …I have nothing either…
Report Post »Formula382
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:55pmShe is hot! I say keep her, give her a raise, and fine the bloke that couldn’t stop his fat can from plowing into her…
Heck with OWS, they should ONFL as their (the players) comp is truly that of a crime.
Report Post »sweetgold
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 9:58pmYou guys. Is that all you ever think of?? She has to be smart to make the cheer leading team too!!!!
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:21pm@Sweetgold you must be single. If you were married you would know that is all we ever think of – LOL
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:03amGo Melissa.
Report Post »meeester
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:14amsweetgold, we don’t just think about her looking hot….you look hot too.
Report Post »RayofDarkSunshine
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:31amYou nailed it. That’s all.
Report Post »lapua338shooter
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:02amAfter watching the video 4 times & looking at a few other angles of the “play”, I felt compelled to go in the bedroom and smack my wife while she was asleep.
Good Lord is she a cute lil’ thing! The outfits those young ladies wear are enough to raise my blood pressure 23 points.
loriann12
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:17amI watched it live…..it looked to me like he reached for her. I‘m just sayin’.
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:23amU stole my line!
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:54amThe blonde babe is hotter
Report Post »VigilantGuardShark
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:48amI’d reach for her too given the chance, she is very hot and can dance good too.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:02pmIs Jerry Jones a closet communist?
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:20pmJerry Jones is a closet lot of things I’d imagine.
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 9:46amHe’s not a closet idiot. On that point he’s been out a LOOOOONG time…
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:57pmShe’s a cutie. From one tight end to another.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:01pmShe sure is a cutie. Might have been his only way to get an introduction. Sorry honey, can I buy you a drink to make up??? Lucky guy. Yall know, none of us will ever get that far with her. Great attitude from her by the way. True sportsmanship on her part.
Report Post »Texas Chris
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 9:48amI had one date with a former DCCL. She bolted when she found out I made less than $100k/year.
(Not that they’re all like that!)
Report Post »Mr_Drayton
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:56pmAll joking aside, NFL cheerleaders have to be in fantastic condition to do all they do.
Lucky for her she was pulled down and didn’t get her legs taken out from under her or worse.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:34pmShe does seem to be in fantastic condition…..
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:52pmWhat did she say that was so offensive. She was a trooper and did not make a big deal about it. Is twitter that censured? Glad I don’t use Twitter GEEZ.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:50pmBeing forced off of any SOCIAL NETWORK is a good thing. Nobody cares what your tweeting about, and I don`t care if your eating chocolate covered strawberries laying out at your neighbor`s swimming pool via Facebook.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:54pmI can’t imagine the pain this must be causing her. LOL!
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:24pmI can. My sis lost her account password for 2 days and she actually took that time off of school just to find it. She lives in Tennessee and called me in Ohio actually crying because she couldn’t access her account.
She asked me to hack it, but I told her to grow up. She hung up on me!
Report Post »swdavis1682
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:00pmHowever, you DO believe some one gives a crap what you think about this article?
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:35pmSWDAVIS1682, no I don`t give a crap what you think about my opinion. It`s my opinion in reply to a news article. Whether you agree or not makes me no difference and you probably wouldn`t have me as a freind on your Facebook account either that for sure. I don`t Facebook and I don`t tweet, and it bothers me to see the under 35 crowd faces stuck to a hand held gadget for most of their day. There`s other things that need to be done than being worried about what someone else is doing every minute of the day.
Report Post »yousaidwhat
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:52pmYeah just like i don’t care what you commenting on . So lets for you of the blaze you dumb A$$ Hippocratic.
Sheesh you Americans can be so stupid sometimes. Give i t a blow fool and get back to bed.
Idiot
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:49pmThis really isn’t that surprising or even that big of a deal from the NFL. It’s well known that NFL teams control messages. The Cheatriots don’t let any of their assistant coaches tweet or give interviews. Silencing a cheerleader is no different than silencing players, coaches, or training staff; all which the NFL does regularly.
Report Post »TyrannyNoMore
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:18pmThis coming January look for the Patriots and the Packers in the Super Bowl. The Pack will go undefeated until they are upset in the championship game by the Pats. Brady will get his fourth ring and you will eat humble pie. The Pats are 8-3 as of tonight.
Report Post »Thomas Payne
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:47pmI’m sorry, what did she say that was so wrong?
Report Post »Caerus
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:55pmI agree, what was the objectionable part? I don’t get it.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:45pmI’d like to play with her twitter, and the rest of her too! (Oh behave baby!)
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:03pmShow some class.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:04pmI meant… show some class, friend.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:29pmHey now!
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:42pmWow! Now doesn’t that just send a Twitter up your leg…?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:39pmThe one they ought to force off camera is Jerry Jones. Man he is butt ugly.
Report Post »RickWS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:36pmCowboys, you are DEAD to me!!!!! How dare you silence that piece of hotness.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:45pmLOL .. looks like they hit a nerve.
Report Post »Reboot_My_Freedom
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:19pmThe Government taking our freedom away and trying to control us and now this.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:27pm… she’ll end up on the pages of Playboy because of this! I can hardly wait!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:33pmCorporations are Chartered to imitate the Government… alike a Clone!
Report Post »PHINEAS T. BLUSTER
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:48pmSomeone dropped the ball here…Tee Hee.. The cheerleader should start dating the player…call Ryan Seecrest to produce a reality show on E with them. Then comes the clothing line, Playboy appearsnce, the sex tape, phony marriages and MILLIONS of dollars. What a country !!!
Report Post »mbriz
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:25pmWhat freedoms are being taken away?
Report Post »N8TiveNYRican
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:07pmI have seen the video several times in slow motion and just realized that The Dallas Cowboys TE purposely grab her. Watch it for your selves he corralled that CheerLeader.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:18pmHe’s human after-all! Wouldn’t you rather pull a little yummy down rather than having bubba pull YOU down?
Report Post »ntxjetta
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:19pmI agree. He grabbed her on his way down.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:23pmI agree 100%, Watch the video several times. What you see is the dude using the contact as a reason to grope her right breast. Watch his arm in slow motion wrap around her and his hand is squarely giving her right fun bag a squeeze on the way to the turf.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:29pmIt does look like he did it on purpose. He is lucky she did not fall incorrectly and perhaps have a neck or back injury. Football players are big guys and she is just alittle thing. This prank went too far and should never be repeated.
Report Post »DDD
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:31pmIt looked like he “grabbed her”, but only in an effort to keep from body slamming her and trying to deflect the full force of the it. When you know you’re falling and going to hit something, you DO put out your hands – think of driving in a car, stopping suddenly and that protective arm comes right out to hold back your child (even if she’s 21 – like I just did with my daughter last month – boy did she laugh at me!). Anyway, you know you’re going to run someone over, you grab them and have them roll with you.
Report Post »lacabeza
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:50pm100% agree. The dude is lucky she didn‘t get hurt and also lucky he isn’t being sued right now.
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:52pmDDD you are right she did not see them coming, the reason she was not hurt was because he grab her pull her to him then fell in a way to protect her. A blind side hit could of broke her neck.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:12pmPro Cheerleaders sign contracts and are classified as a “part time job”. I’m sure with-in those contracts there are clauses regarding potential injuries. I never knew it before bu some of the highest paid cheerleaders only make “60.00″ per home game, and most are “required” to hold down OTHER full time jobs. Don’t feel too bad for them though. Photo ops, and calendar and magazine shoots make it a little more lucrative, and “can” open other doors for some.
Also didn’t know that most squads are required to pay a registration fee of 20.00 just to try out.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:07pmShe can have my twitter account!
Report Post »johnsell
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:41pmWow! Doesn’t that just send a Twitter up your leg…..?
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:33pmYeah, up my leg! What can I say, I’m a single guy who has spent over 30 years in school and working on average 16 hours a day (much away from home and in foreign Countries) for the last 11 of those years. A little yummy like this cheerleader might make me reconsider abstinence if she fell into my arms.
LOL. Sue me, I’m human after-all.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:06pmWow. She responds in good humor and gets yanked off twitter. Meanwhile convicted felons are allowed to play on the field. Seems a little backwards, no?
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 9:19pmDamn straight!!!
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:06pmTwitter has a judging panel ? milestone moment and probably the start to there downfall .
Report Post »so3
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:57pmI’m not sure what she even said that could be construed as anything other than a mere comment on the situation. This world is taking itself too seriously when a cheerleader is asked to shut up after she makes comments about getting knocked down by a player. I mean if you really think about it for a bit, it shows the fascistic nature of the owners of sporting teams. Don’t give me any line about they can find other work. Just because you agree to work for a company does not mean you forego your humanity. Damnit, we need to grow up in this country, stop being so sensitive to everything and just live the one and only life we have here on Earth….
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:54pmThis is a shame! Football players are so arrogant that they think they are the only ones with a voice or a tale! Just another reason for me to hate football! They are overpaid for a game. But that is for all sports as far as I am concerned!!
Report Post »Whirled Peas
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:04pmThe players should be deeply concerned as they are part of the ‘millionaires and billionaires’ targeted by O’Mulligan and his communist/marxist regime. Not to mention the millionaires and billionaires in Congress that are above the law and exempt from paying taxes if they don’t want to.
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donh2
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:49pmCall it fascism and we will take you some place to be re-educated.
Report Post »America First
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:45pmWhat did she say that was so offensive? Nothing. She was smiling after she got up. Accidents happen. Stop being so intrusive in what people have to say.
Report Post »Eagleeyed1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:42pmHow does a football team franchise control a personal twitter account? Was it established via the team as a cheer leader? If so, then its part of the job and they have control. If not, this is a violation of personal rights.
Where is the sense of humor in all this?
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:38pmThat’s what I was thinking. But it does not matter if this is a Dallas Cowboy Cheer leader account or her own. If anyone has seen the way they run that outfit you know it is their way or the highway. The admin that run that squad are very very strict always have been, you have to know that when you join up. It is not a normal job, your choice you sign away your life.
Report Post »CulpepperJosh1638
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:38pmAnother reason to not like the NFL. Especially the white-nosed cowboys. I bet you cocaine still runs ramped up in Jerry’s Office. If we just all boycotted these sports, they’d crumble to our feet. Think about it, when the Euro crashes and reality wakes you up.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:25pmthe tackle didn’t look all that innocent. witten reached out with his right arm around kellerman’s waist and pulled her down.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:23pmToo many entities are trying to control “the message”; much like our federal government.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:37pmJerry Jones likes to control everything, that’s why this team is a loser.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:36pmThe more time Jerry spends on things like this, the longer I can spend with his wife. We have a thing going on.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:22pmWhy is this “news”? This isn’t the first time a cheerleader got hammered accidentally by a player. Why is this time any different? She didn’t even appear to get hit as hard as others have in the past. It amazes me how stupid stuff like this gets so blown out of proportion and talked about like it is something important……Can‘t believe I’m even posting about myself!
Report Post »PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:29pm@RATIONAL MAN: I was wondering the same.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:30pmYou sir, are one confused individual.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:36pmTo true .. happened to me in high school .. majorette standing at end zone before half time .. touchdown right into me.
Report Post »CulpepperJosh1638
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:39pmI’m pretty sure this reflects a Elitist group that has too much power over the individual. It’s borderline slavery if you ask me, you sign your life away with these teams.
Report Post »FORLORNHOPE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:41pmIt is different because her mouth got stuck open and they don’t know how to close it.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:30pmI’ve “hammered” a few cheerleaders in my day.
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