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Texas Tech Football Coach Bans Twitter Over Team's Tweets

by Caleb Johnson on September 30, 2009 at 09:50 AM


While the NCAA hasn't set any guidelines for college athletes using Twitter, Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach has brought the hammer down on the micro-blogging site. Leaving no room for interpretation, according to Fanhouse, Leach said Monday, "Anybody that wants to play for us doesn't have a Twitter page."

This bold pronouncement came just 24 hours after two players, offensive lineman Brandon Carter and linebacker Marlon Williams, tweeted critical comments about their head coach. After this week's loss to the Houston Cougars, Carter wrote, "This is not how I saw our season." Then, while in a meeting, Williams wrote, "Wondering why I'm still in this meeting room when the head coach can't even be on time to his on meeting." Both Twitter accounts no longer exist, and Carter is indefinitely suspended for violating other team rules.

Coaches can't stop these kids from using Twitter or other social networking sites all the time, but it might benefit college programs to consider a ban similar to the one the NFL approved last month. Sure, some players might whine like Chad Ochocinco, but such a ban might teach them a thing or two about respect. [From: Fanhouse and Reflector]

Tags: ban, coach, college, football, ncaa, social networking, SocialNetworking, sports, top, twitter

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