Facebook: Ruining Relationships Since 2004

Look, I want to say out front that I’m well aware that domestic disputes are no joke. But the absolute absurdity of this story involving Facebook and Quinn Ojinnaka demands closer examination.↵↵According to WSB-TV in Atlanta, Ojinnaka is facing battery charges after a fight with his wife that resulted over a female friend on the Falcons tackle’s Facebook profile.↵

↵↵⇥Police said he tussled with his wife and spat at her during a fight over a female friend of his on Facebook.↵⇥↵⇥Ojinnaka said his wife tried to stab him with a pen. She said he threw her on some stairs and tossed her out of the house.↵⇥

↵↵↵It takes a big man, Mr. Ojinnaka, to toss around a woman like that, even if it is unclear in what order those events described by WSB-TV unfolded. Even if she comes at him first with a pen, Ojinnaka is 6-foot-5, 305 lbs. Unless he’s married to Julius Peppers, this situation should never escalate to this point.↵

↵↵But this all brings me back to perhaps one of the smartest things my college roommate ever said to me when people wanted to take pictures at parties: “No physical evidence!” Athletes doing dirt and having an extra lady friend is about as unsurprising as steroids and academic cheating scandals, even if it doesn’t make it less sleazy. At least Manny Ramirez and the Memphis coaching staff weren’t Twittering about it or making Facebook friends with steroid dealers.↵

↵↵Oh, and Mr. Ojinnaka, that guy on the other end of that phone ringing is Roger Goodell; he’d like a word with you.↵

↵↵ (H/T to Black Sports Online)↵

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