A good rule to apply to your Twitter account – don’t call out your boss or in this case your head coach. A Texas Tech football player recently called out his coach for being tardy to a team meeting on his twitter feed. The players now can no longer use the online tool. The head coach said players don’t need Twitter or Facebook. He called them “stupid” distractions.
This is yet another example of the quick rise and fall of Twitter in sports. Two weeks ago a popular linebacker for the Green Bay Packers was emotional after a game and told his followers: “Oh yea for everyone that had something to say after I celebrated for making a tackle for lost KISS MY A**” He then stopped Tweeting for about a week but now is back in the mix.…here is how he initially closed his feed:
“With this Twitter thing I forget that everything is public.. Sometimes I feel I am talking to my friends and just talk.. So I am going”
A few other examples:
- A player from the Washington Redskins recently called out the fans for booing on his Twitter feed and mentioned that he makes more on a Sunday then they’ll make in their entire careers.
- At the beginning of the NFL training camp, the Minnesota Vikings tight end Tweeted about the boring meeting he was sitting it, the head coach was leading the meeting.
- Minnesota Timberwolves forward broke the news that Kevin McHale was let go on his feed.
Across college and pro sports, staffs are trying to monitor what their players are saying to the public. Leagues are considering a full ban of Twitter. This conversation will be around and should be interesting to follow.