Seahawks Frank Clark Makes a Mistake

Clark sends a tweet – since deleted – that he should not have

Kids, before you hit that Tweet button, think. In our modern age of immediate gratification and instant reaction, it is also easier to make a fast mistake. Frank Clark did this when he responded to Bleacher Report’s Natalie Weiner’s tweet about an article about Greg Hardy. Clark was not defending Hardy; Clark was upset over an article Weiner wrote two years ago about Clark. Weiner shared the article she wrote for SB Nation’s Field Gulls in 2015. Clark responded thusly (via Weiner’s Twitter share)

The Seahawks said in a statement on Wednesday that they met with Clark and “and expressed our extreme disappointment with his judgment.”

Clark did offer an apology of sorts after deleting his Tweet about Weiner

Let me be clear, I am not defending Clark’s action. I will say since his arrest in 2014 for domestic assault that was pleaded down to disorderly conduct, Clark has not been in trouble. He is sensitive to any remarks made about his arrest. He is also a human being. When a person works on overcoming a mistake they have made in life, it is difficult to have it brought up often, particularly when they are as sensitive a person as Clark is. Clark made a horrible mistake of some kind in 2014. He also should have a chance to show he is better than that.

All that said, there is never any reason for anyone to cause physical harm to another person in normal life. (Obviously, if one is in the military or on the football field, physical harm may be part of the job.) Clark was involved in something in 2014. A member of the media or a blogger has an opportunity to write about it. Weiner did just that in 2015. She also has the right to bring up old articles when she publishes new ones; that is part of the game.

Weiner is also a female which makes Clark’s Tweet even more worrisome. He did not seem aware of the ramifications of his Tweet. Clark showed immaturity in sending it. He needs to be aware as a professional athlete that he is going to be held under a greater magnified glass. For the Seahawks benefit, Clark needs to be more aware that whatever he does, it will be noticed.

Clark, for himself, needs to grow up a little bit more and show the person he truly is.