http://sportspr101.com/2009/09/29/sports-teams-and-organizatons-need-to-face-social-media-threats/ A Public Relations Sports Blog Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sportspr101.com/2009/09/29/sports-teams-and-organizatons-need-to-face-social-media-threats/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Jacob Rogers Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:51:13 +0000 http://sportspr101.com/?p=347#comment-260 I agree that professional sports teams should attribute guidelines for what can be said or written. Naturally athletes will claim they have “free speech,” but you countered that wonderfully saying it's a privilege to play professional sports, not a right. It's interesting that there has been much more hassel concerning athletes' tweets than controversial Facebook statuses. Professional leagues need to implement severe penalties for negative tweeting if they want to get their message across. A fine doesn't seem to grab the attention of athletes anymore. In the NBA, there is a $5,000 fine for every technical foul, but athletes still committ intentional technical fouls nightly. Suspensions are definitely the answer. I agree that professional sports teams should attribute guidelines for what can be said or written. Naturally athletes will claim they have “free speech,” but you countered that wonderfully saying it’s a privilege to play professional sports, not a right. It’s interesting that there has been much more hassel concerning athletes’ tweets than controversial Facebook statuses. Professional leagues need to implement severe penalties for negative tweeting if they want to get their message across. A fine doesn’t seem to grab the attention of athletes anymore. In the NBA, there is a $5,000 fine for every technical foul, but athletes still committ intentional technical fouls nightly. Suspensions are definitely the answer.

]]> http://sportspr101.com/2009/09/29/sports-teams-and-organizatons-need-to-face-social-media-threats/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Mike S Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:16:33 +0000 http://sportspr101.com/?p=347#comment-58 A good article and definitely a topic that will continue to evolve in the coming months and years. I find it a little interesting that these problems (players saying too much) hasn't surfaced earlier through other mediums. I'm thinking mainly of players' personal blogs. I'm sure Twitter is worse becuase more players do it, it's fast and therefore there's less opportunity to self edit, and it's more stream of consciousness. But still, I would have expected more players to go off on blogs in the last few years. (Not counting Chris Cooley publishing a photo of his schlong.) A good article and definitely a topic that will continue to evolve in the coming months and years. I find it a little interesting that these problems (players saying too much) hasn’t surfaced earlier through other mediums. I’m thinking mainly of players’ personal blogs. I’m sure Twitter is worse becuase more players do it, it’s fast and therefore there’s less opportunity to self edit, and it’s more stream of consciousness. But still, I would have expected more players to go off on blogs in the last few years. (Not counting Chris Cooley publishing a photo of his schlong.)

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