Thigns keep getting worse for Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall. Friday, the Champion sports apparel company ended its endorsement deal with him over his tweet about Osama Bin Laden.
Mendenhall criticized people for celebrating the death of Bin Laden.
Per The Associated Press:
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Friday that Champion “strongly disagreed” with the tweets and ended a new four-year contract the player recently signed. Mendenhall has endorsed the company’s products since entering the league in 2008.
Mendenhall on Monday questioned the public celebrations of bin Laden’s death, and whether the World Trade Center towers were really brought down on Sept. 11, 2001, only by crashing two hijacked airliners into the buildings.
Mendenhall spent the beter part of the past few days clarifying himself. He’s said that “Americans were insulted when some people celebrated the terrorist attacks masterminded by bin Laden, and that others might view Americans celebrating bin Laden’s death the same way.”
It’s too bad for Mendenhall that those thoughts aren’t 140 characters.
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