Following the Football Association in the UK’s run in with players on Twitter and a subsequent crackdown last week the NFL is having similar problems in the US as a row between the players union and owners has gone loud on Twitter.

According to the New York Times, a few hours after NFL owners filed a complaint against the players union last week alleging that it was not bargaining in good faith, Houston Texans right tackle Eric Winston took to his keyboard to react.

“The NFL has reached that point where the kitchen sink is getting opened and every ridic claim will be tossed out,” Winston wrote on Twitter. “Enjoy the comedy people.”

And then: “Walking out of a bargaining session. These guys are a real hoot to deal with. If anyone screams, ‘I want my cake and eat it too’ it’s them.”

The paper says that Winston is one of the dozens of players and agents who have taken to Twitter during the NFL dispute chipping in with comments about how the NFL’s TV contracts were structured (@ericwinston) to the length of the season (@RobertMathis98) and to players having to pay for their own health insurance  (@LeCharlesBent65).

The players all risk being fined by the NFL which has taken such steps before. The NFL was fining players for tweets more than 18 months ago — but then they don’t call it the ‘No Fun League’ for nothing.