Athletes aren't willing to pay $8 or over P400 for the blue check.
On Friday, Twitter began removing the legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles.
The once-coveted checks previously served as a mark of authenticity to verify identities on the platform.
New owner Elon Musk in November announced that Twitter would begin charging $8 per month for the badge in efforts to increase revenue.
It's a brand new world. Even the Pope lost his.
San Miguel Beermen's Chris Ross, a prolific Twitter user, couldn't be bothered.
"Blue check gone and it’s gonna stay that way," he tweeted on Friday. "Never that serious to pay for one."
"I’d rather get off social media than pay for verification."
Fil-Japanese big man Matthew Aquino of Japan B.League's Shinshu Brave Warriors had to agree.
Seems like other athletes couldn't be bothered to dish out $8 too.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who jokingly says he's cheap with his money, vowed last month he wouldn't pay for a blue check.
That blue check is clearly still in his profile though.
Sports outlet The Verge reported that James had not paid to keep the check mark.
But LBJ still has it, along with "The Shining" author Stephen King, who has previously called Musk a terrible fit for Twitter.
Turns out Musk has been personally paying for a few of them, including those of Star Trek actor William Shatner, who had last month complained about being forced to pay to keep his blue checkmark, as reported by Reuters.
James gets to keep his money and the rest of the athletes goes back to the masses. Probably doesn't matter as their followers are still by the thousands and the millions.