Coach puts ban on tweeting
October 12, 2009 by Geneva ReidPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Tech News
Texas Tech football players may not know how their season will turn out, but they do know one thing: They’ve been banned from using Twitter.
The team’s coach, Mike Leach, made the decision after he was late for a team meeting – and a player tweeted about it. According to the Associated Press, the player wondered why he was waiting in a meeting room when “the head coach can’t even be on time.”
Well, that tweet’s gone now.
And Leach doesn’t want players writing about the team on Facebook, either, and plans to monitor their Facebook pages.
Calling the social networking sites “stupid” distractions, Leach said those who use them are “a bunch of narcissists that want to sit and type stuff about themselves all the time.”
What do you think of Leach’s actions? Let us know in the comments section below.
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October 14th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Sounds like he’s mad about being called out for being late. Regardless of his feelings about Twitter/Facebook, it isn’t his place to prescribe what these people do on their off time with a computer. He’s a coach, not a nanny. Also sounds like a big curmudgeonly baby.
October 15th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I say BRAVO to Coach Leach! I think all the texting, Twittering, etc., etc., has gone OVER THE TOP! Some call it “social networking” but it’s anti-social. Socializing is face to face – or at the very least TALKING on a phone!
October 15th, 2009 at 10:03 am
@Mel,
These are supposed to be adults, in college, and his personal preferences aren’t worth jack squat when it comes to these people’s personal lives.
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:58 am
[...] student’s tweet changed Texas Tech’s rules about how the football team can — and can’t — [...]
November 5th, 2009 at 11:47 am
A school AUP should cover what anyone cannot say on Internet sites when accessed via the school network. Yes? No?
@Mel – This was just posted on ReadWriteWeb: Study Finds Social Media is Actually Social
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/study_finds_social_media_is_actually_social.php
“According to a new study from Pew Internet and American Life Project, technology does not lead to social isolation, as many often suspected. Instead, researchers found that online participation and mobile phone usage leads to people having larger and more diverse core discussion networks. (Discussion networks are defined as being the places where we can discuss “important matters” with friends and confidants.) “