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Post by gobigred on Jul 27, 2012 11:14:18 GMT -6
With social media being such a big draw to our players, I'm curious as to how you handle it within your program.
What do you have in your team policies that has to do with warnings about negative use of social media. For example finding pics or language that suggests alcohol or drug use, sexual misconduct, bullying and players or parents program bashing.
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Post by kylem56 on Jul 27, 2012 12:12:14 GMT -6
As a football program we have no policy. Our school district however has a policy that results in any evidence of misconduct resulting in at for football results for a miniumum of 5 weeks sat out. It is a % that applies to each sport but I know for football that is the minimum penalty a student-athlete would face. We actually had this discussion today. Would it be worth it to have a "team facebook page" so we can "monitor" facebook pages or is it better off not knowing and educating our athletes beforehand on what they put on the internet?
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Post by wingtol on Jul 27, 2012 13:34:38 GMT -6
We have none. What ever the school policy is we expect the kids to follow it. I don't look at the kids stuff, the less I know the better. We have a FB page for the team and a twitter we use to communicate but do not use it to check on players stuff. I personally do not add any player until they have graduated to any of my social media.
I also add to the players that if they want to play in college those coaches know how to use the internet and social media as well, so be careful how you represent yourself on there.
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Post by gccwolverine on Jul 27, 2012 15:18:27 GMT -6
the less I know the better. I have an issue with this line. But that's just me. |
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Post by Chris Clement on Jul 27, 2012 15:50:07 GMT -6
No, I want to stay out of their personal lives. I'm similarly not prowling around to see who's knocking back a few pops on Saturday night because I honestly don't care. They're off school property outside of school hours, if they don't throw it in my face I'm not going hunting.
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Post by gccwolverine on Jul 27, 2012 23:17:51 GMT -6
Yea who cares about a young man's well being so long as its off school property and not thrown in your face right?
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Post by Chris Clement on Jul 28, 2012 0:33:07 GMT -6
He's having a beer, not shooting heroin.
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Post by wingtol on Jul 28, 2012 7:56:25 GMT -6
Yea who cares about a young man's well being so long as its off school property and not thrown in your face right? Those people are called parents. |
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Post by gccwolverine on Jul 28, 2012 16:53:18 GMT -6
I think it came across wrong.
My big issue is with the less i know the better approach. We aren't just there to win football games an develop talent, a major part of our job is to take adolecent youth and show them how to and give them opportunities to become great young men. Absolutely alot of this is parent responsibility however I don't like the sounds of simply turning a blind eye to the behavoirs of players once they are off school property and out of sight.
That certainly doesn't mean that I think you should have or want to sit there and sift through your players social media postings but if you happen to see something that might be of concern a conversation with him or the team as a whole about being a good responsible citizen and young adult is certainly not out of the question.
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Post by spreadattack on Jul 28, 2012 18:13:41 GMT -6
A good friend of mine printed out this article and gave it to his players. Some of this seems like common sense but kids needs reminders:
Tweets cost HS football player a college scholarship
SHEMAR WOODS
Friday, January 20, 2012
All indications pointed to Yuri Wright attending Michigan this fall to play football for the Wolverines. But following a landmark decision, the four-star recruit's college future hangs in the balance.
Wright, ranked 85th among the country's high school football propects, was expelled from Don Bosco Prep School on Wednesday for sexually graphic and racial tweets posted to his personal Twitter account followed by more than 1,500 accounts. Michigan backed the prep school's decision by rescinding Wright's scholarship, according to multiple reports.
In addition to Michigan, Wright had received offers from Colorado, Georgia, Notre Dame and Michigan. It is uncertain whether other schools will continue to pursue Wright, who is the seventh-best defensive back in the country and third-best football player in New Jersey.
National signing day is Feb. 1, the first day a high school senior can sign their National Letter of Intent.
"To my knowledge this is the highest profile prospect to be dropped by a college program and expelled from school over Twitter," Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Mike Farrell said. "This has ruined Yuri's chance to attend the school he has labeled as his dream school in Michigan, and it could cause other schools to back off as well. Hopefully. this example will send a wake-up call to high-profile prospects moving forward to watch what they put out in cyberspace."
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Post by gobigred on Jul 28, 2012 22:39:28 GMT -6
Well, my initial question had to do more with dealing with it. I don't spend the time "prowling" through their own business but when it comes to my attention as someone who is responsible for our players development as people as well, I guess it then becomes my business.
We have core covenants in our program that many of our kids, parents and coaches strongly believe in. When I see a players Tw, FB or whatever talk about getting drunk or chasing a girl down to have sex, I have concerns about decisions they are making. We as coaches are charges with improving the behavior and teaching life to our kids. I hope that turning away is not the sentiment out there.
I'd like to see some details about the policies that are out there. Our district does not right now but I think we are going in that direction. As great of use that social media is, it's pretty scary when we get to read the thoughts or some of our players. don't you think?
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Post by fantom on Jul 28, 2012 22:54:02 GMT -6
Well, my initial question had to do more with dealing with it. I don't spend the time "prowling" through their own business but when it comes to my attention as someone who is responsible for our players development as people as well, I guess it then becomes my business. We have core covenants in our program that many of our kids, parents and coaches strongly believe in. When I see a players Tw, FB or whatever talk about getting drunk or chasing a girl down to have sex, I have concerns about decisions they are making. We as coaches are charges with improving the behavior and teaching life to our kids. I hope that turning away is not the sentiment out there. I'd like to see some details about the policies that are out there. Our district does not right now but I think we are going in that direction. As great of use that social media is, it's pretty scary when we get to read the thoughts or some of our players. don't you think? If they didn't post them would their thoughts be different? |
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Post by coachplaa on Jul 28, 2012 23:55:29 GMT -6
I definitely don't prowl either, but if I suspect a kid is doing the wrong things, social media is a great place to look deeper. And even though I don't search for bad news, I'd rather find out sooner than later to see if I can help before its too late.
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Post by newhope on Jul 30, 2012 12:44:14 GMT -6
Same as for anything else they say or do: don't provide bulletin board material for the other team, don't embarrass our team, you represent the team, the program and the school. I don't think you need rules just for facebook and twitter. Like everything else they do: they know it will eventually get back to me.
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