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Back in March, Roddy White made the mistake of making a casual Twitter “bet.” When Mercer was set to face Duke in the NCAA tournament, Dylan Hoyt tweeted at White that Mercer would beat the Blue Devils to which White bet Hoyt that he’d be wrong and White was so confident that he laid two 50 yard line first row tickets on the line.
@DHoyt77 if mercer beat duke I will give you season tickets 50 yard line first row
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) March 18, 2014
Of course, Mercer went on to beat Duke and Twitter went into one of its fits when White refused to pay up. Hoyt wasn’t expecting White to do anything (after all, he risked nothing in the “bet”) so that could have been it.
Y'all people are crazy on twitter you want me to man up and pay a bet to a person that had nothing to lose in the bet #soundsridicules
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) March 23, 2014
I don't expect anything from @roddywhiteTV because it wasn't even a legit bet. I do not want to be a distraction to The Falcons organization
— Dylan Hoyt (@DHoyt77) March 23, 2014
White ended up offering Hoyt two Bears tickets since Hoyt was a Bears fan and that seemed to be the end of Roddy White’s “Bet-Gate.”
“‘I lost a bet and I will give him tickets to the Bears game since he is a Bears fan done with this bet,’ White Tweeted.”
Until Wednesday.
White must have had a change of heart because he not only invited Hoyt to training camp but he also gave Hoyt two season tickets to Falcons games, two Super Bowl tickets and a sideline pass for a regular season game. Hoyt, understandably, took White up on his offer.
Roddy White then spoke to the media about his decision to gift Hoyt so handsomely for his friendly, casual Twitter wager:
“‘Never bet anything unless you’re willing to pay up,’ the Falcons’ wide receiver said Wednesday.”
A lesson that every Twitter user, especially celebrities, should take to heart.
