Arian Foster loves a Toyota Tundra towing the Space Shuttle. Anheuser-Busch lecturing the NFL on morality? He likes that about as much as he likes Caillou.
“We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season,” NFL sponsor Anheuser-Busch said on its website on Tuesday. “We are not yet satisfied with the league’s handling of behaviors that so clearly go against our own company culture and moral code. We have shared our concerns and expectations with the league.”
The Houston Texans running back came out guns ‘a blazing on Twitter in response.
Lol ok, alcohol company. RT @darrenrovell: NFL beer sponsor, Anheuser-Busch, issues strong statement pic.twitter.com/TCEbA4s5Q1
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) September 16, 2014
Selling poison on that high horse.
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) September 16, 2014
Domestic violence and alcohol damn near synonymous.
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) September 16, 2014
Everybody is just riding the media wave. There has been tons of dv cases throughout the years where was all this support then? Its political
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) September 16, 2014
Anytime it’s starts to tinkering with their bottom line, then they act. Now they’re concerned.
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) September 16, 2014
The Sporting News dubbed Foster, a vegan philosophy major at the University of Tennessee who supported Ron Paul for president in 2012, “the most interesting man in the NFL.” After sitting out half of last season with an injury, Foster has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of his two games for the 2-0 Texans in 2014.
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