These days, college athletes are finding themselves in a bit of a struggle over content they post to various social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Collegiate coaches are on the prowl for content that may negatively portray the athlete, athletic program, or university in a negative light.
Philly.com posted an article to their sports portion of their website highlighting the incident involving Marvin Austin, defensive end of the University of North Carolina football team. Pictures posted by Austin partying in different cities began to circulate, leading to an investigation that resulted in evidence that these trips were paid for by agents. This, of course, is against NCAA rules. Austin and a few of his teammates were suspended their senior season (that sucks) and UNC was hit with a ton of financial losses and penalties as well as being put on a two year probation.
As a college athlete in previous years, my head coach would constantly be checking my teammates’ social media websites. He would always call us out on our status updates, both humorous and personal. That would send us a constant reminder that he was always looking for something to poke fun at us about, but also making sure there weren’t any negative postings lurking either.
These days, I believe college athletes need to realize that what they post could ultimately be seen by anyone, anywhere, any time. You never know who’s following you (in both the stalking sense and via Twitter). #BeCarefulWhatYouPost
By Brittani Wilkins
JOUR 4210
"Good is the enemy of great." -Voltaire
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