Many professional athletes are active on social media. But how often do they actually respond to fans, let alone requests from fans to meet them?
Green Bay Packers tight end Martellus Bennett proved that not all athletes are the same by going out of his way to make a 5-year-old's dream come true on Monday.
Jim Love, a Minnesota Vikings fan, reached out to the Packers' organization via Twitter in hopes of making things up to his daughter (who is "obsessed with the Packers") after a flight cancellation caused his family to miss the Packers' Family Night at Lambeau Field.
@packers #sobstory from a @Vikings fan/dad of a Packers kid. Couldn't find a comm outreach email to share story with! #PackersCamp #nfl pic.twitter.com/HAIAgQbAqa
— Jim Love (@jim_love) August 4, 2017
Enter: Bennett.
I'll hook you up on Monday. I'm not sure if practice will still be open but if it is I gotcha. If not we can grab a bite together. https://t.co/CqhuxUdaFX
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) August 5, 2017
A father himself, Bennett held true to his promise to meet Love's daughter and even rode his bike with her and her cousin outside of Lambeau before practice.
Thanks for the lift, @MartysaurusRex! 🚴 #PackersCamp pic.twitter.com/2HWfMeQATL
— Green Bay Packers (@packers) August 7, 2017
Father to father is all good bro. Glad we got to make her dream come true. Now we need you to wear a @packers jersey to the Vikings game. https://t.co/r5r7WhsJMw
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) August 7, 2017
Putting aside rivalries for the sake of making a special memory for a young kid, it's social media -- and football -- at their finest.