Social Media Costs Brandon Jacobs Suspension and $167,000 in Lost Pay
49ers running back Brandon Jacobs was suspended for the remainder of the 2012 regular season due to posts on his social media pages
A trying year for San Francisco 49ers running back Brandon Jacobs became even more awkward Monday afternoon when head coach Jim Harbaugh suspended him for the final three games of the regular season and presumably for the postseason, should the team qualify. In a problem that is becoming much more common, Jacobs’ major undoing was his posts on social media accounts where he shared his displeasure about how the 49ers have used him this season.