Chargers to Cromartie: Don't Tweet and Eat

Not all tweets from National Football League players are created equally. The San Diego Chargers fined cornerback Antonio Cromartie $2,500 for using Twitter to complain about the food at the team’s training camp, ProFootballTalk.com initially reported and Cromartie’s agent, Gary Wichard, later confirmed to AP.

One source told ProFootballTalk.com Chargers head coach Norv Turner specifically told the players not to talk about any team matters on Twitter or any other social-media platform.

Cromartie’s offending tweet, posted at 3:46 p.m.

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