Social Media

Is anyone else concerned about our recruits in regards to their understanding of social media?

I think there is a lot that they don't know about how easily what they write can be seen by the world.
At 17, it's rare that anyone has enough life experience to know what's okay to talk about and what isn't.

These kids, from what I've seen have no idea.

Hopefully the athletic department is wise enough to encourage these kids to post things like "I love my political science class" or "I just worked out for 6 straight hours"

I can do without "ma biches betr hurry up"

 This is a much bigger overall issue.  I agree with your premise.  It's a problem.  It's also the reality of the situation.  I feel strongly that these high profile athletes should have to take a class on social media and how something said can seriously affect their future. 

Did you see the USC football player caught coming out of the club the other night? Caught on video.  Talking about getting paid?  Asinine.

I'm sure once they are on campus under the watchful eye of the staff their ability to post on social media will go away.

Agree with your thoughts but it is not just the recruits--it is every in coming student that should have a mandatory course in social media.  Companies are looking through social media when evaluating prospective hirees and the example Poison gave would shut a lot of doors of future employers

Our guys were in rare form today. I hope they have a higher IQ for basketball than they do for Twitter.

poison if the bitch is taking too long she does have to hurry up.  i cant blame them for that

poison if the bitch is taking too long she does have to hurry up.  i cant blame them for that

Yes, true. Here's an outrageous idea: Call her, and tell her to hurry up.

poison if the bitch is taking too long she does have to hurry up.  i cant blame them for that

I usually just finish and roll over and go to sleep.

Rotflmao

If you stop following every word these kids post you wouldn't have to worry about it. 

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2011/07/26/Media/Social-Media.aspx

The NCAA has "mined the social media accounts of athletes in recent years for potential violations, but only now has the clear message been sent that schools must really pay attention, too," according to the BIRMINGHAM NEWS' Jon Solomon, who writes under the header, "What To Do About Social Media? Colleges Tackle How To Monitor What Athletes Are Saying." Terry Ray, Joey McGilberry, Mike Murphy and Josh Dennis 18 months ago co-founded Centrix Social, a Birmingham-based software company that assists colleges and universities in monitoring the social media activity of student-athletes. Mississippi State Univ. last fall "became Centrix Social's pilot program to monitor what athletes post on Facebook and Twitter." Ray said that the company "is very close to adding another SEC school" to its list of clients. At Centrix Social, "the company preloads the rosters of a school's teams." The software "attempts to locate the social media identities, at which point it's up to the athletics department's policies on how to follow athletes." The company provides schools with "a list of 300 to 400 ... red-flag words," which can be customized to include "drug terms, gang phrases or people's names." When there is "a hit on a key word, Centrix Social generates e-mail warnings to the compliance department as well as any coaches who want to be notified." The program "costs $10,000 a year." Murphy, an attorney who works with the company, said that "simply banning athletes from social media could present two problems: Restricting free speech and failing to convince the NCAA that the ban constitutes monitoring." Murphy added, "I have a hard time believing the NCAA would see a ban as a sufficient way to monitor because intuitively, most people believe that won't work. Most people know social media is not going anywhere." Centrix Social "isn't the only program tracking social networks of college athletes." UDiligence has "emerged as a leading company, listing as clients Florida, Ole Miss, Baylor, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Louisville, Memphis, Texas and Texas Tech" (BIRMINGHAM NEWS, 7/24).

poison if the bitch is taking too long she does have to hurry up.  i cant blame them for that

hahahahahahahh

If you stop following every word these kids post you wouldn't have to worry about it. 

I'm with you here.

If you stop following every word these kids post you wouldn't have to worry about it. 

You make it sound as if as every single poster here isn't following these kids on Twitter.

I don't care if you are the greatest fan in the history of the program, its weird if you are following high school kids on Twitter.

I don't care if you are the greatest fan in the history of the program, its weird if you are following high school kids on Twitter.

But when they go to college is it ok?

There is nothing weird about following our players on Twitter.

Why do you think it was invented?

I don't think its weird to follow them but to hang on every word is a bit much. Just have to remember they are 16-18 years old...they do stupid things.

There is nothing weird about following our players on Twitter.

Why do you think it was invented?

I thought it was  invented as a convenient way to stay connected with friends.  Maybe?