RG3 called out for stealing Cavs' graphic
Cleveland Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III committed a major internet faux pas on Monday when he reappropriated a celebratory image tweeted out by the Cleveland Cavaliers Twitter account.
In a show of solidarity, Griffin sent out his congratulations to the Cavs but the image was clearly stolen and bizarrely had a "2016 Robert Griffin III" watermark placed in the bottom left corner:
Congrats to the Champs! Epic series & an epic win for #TheLand pic.twitter.com/nnp4Zp0Rng
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) June 20, 2016
Original:
We did it, Cleveland. #NBAChampions | #OneForTheLand pic.twitter.com/7Hndm6YaB1
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) June 20, 2016
RG3 was (rightly) called out by the presumable maker of the image, Joey Caione, who works as a web designer for the Cavs.
Griffin III has not responded.
@RGIII I'm glad you like the graphic but you didn't have to cut @Cavs off & slap your name on it. GFX like that take a ton of time to make.
— Joey C (@_JoeyC_) June 20, 2016