While athletes from across sports embrace Twitter as a means to up their Q scores and build connections with fans, teams across the NFL are warning their players not to join the social networking bandwagon. Perhaps sparked by the fears of a NFL player divulging too much information or losing their focus during a game a la Charlie Villaneuva of the NBA who tweeted during halftime of a game last season.
An article that ran last week in the NY Times provided a look at how some teams are responding to Twitter. According to the article the NFL doesn't have a league-wide ban on social media such as Twitter or Facebook but there are plans on introducing a non-communique policy on the day of games. According to the NY Times article there's already a policy in place that states cellphones, computers and P.D.A.’s cannot be used by players, coaches or other club personnel on the sideline, in coaches’ booths or locker rooms from pregame warm-ups through the end of the game.
Last month newly renamed Chad Ochocinco already said that he fully intends to update his Twitter account during games. Let's see how well this goes over as the start of the new NFL season draws closer.
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