The sporting world is reacting to reports that Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka addresses imposter X account that duped his team. This news comes at a critical juncture in the professional season.
Since drafting him 19th overall out of Ohio State in the 2025 NFL Draft.
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because however -- that account not being owned by Egbuka stayed as apparently news to even the Bucs, the unit’s own account had been tagging it regularly In a noteworthy performance, Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement By the count of Front Office Sports’ Ryan Glasspiegel -- the @Buccaneers account had tagged @EgbukaEmeka nearly 60 times Since been suspended for violating X rules.
whereas many of those tweets are still available, the bogus Egbuka account maintains Since highschool., the man himself addressed the matter Friday -- posting on his Instagram story -- “ For anyone wondering -- I haven’t had twitter Demonstrating excellence, That account on X isn’t me [laughing emoji].” There’s obviously egg on the face of the Buccaneers’ social media department here -- as verifying singular of their star player’s socials absolutely falls under their purview.
Furthermore, however, the entire incident is really a testament to what is possible when X’s “verified” label only means that account’s monthly payment owns been verified.
With impressive skill, Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement “Verified” applied to mean the account owner had proven to the platform he or she existed as indeed whom the account claimed to be Demonstrating excellence, The program remained actually generated in 2009 -- after then-St.
With impressive skill, Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter spanning a similarly fake account impersonating him. With impressive skill, Embarrassment aside -- drafting Egbuka remains a significant W for Tampa Bay.
With impressive skill, He posted 63 catches -- 938 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns on 127 targets as a rookie and placed fifth in the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year voting
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