Bad Behavior Can Affect Student Athlete Lives
Social media causes many problems and situations for coaches, recruiters, and student athletes. By not making bad decisions you can avoid plenty of bad things and not put things on social media that will cause problems.
According to Patsko Scott article, committing on Twitter to a school is also discouraged-one recent former player tweeted commitments to four different schools without informing any coaches. “This season, Mask (The Coach) is taking his players online personas so seriously that he’s assigning an assistant to monitor their accounts. As college programs increasingly use Twitter, Instagram and other social media accounts to evaluate a player's character, one wrong comment can cost a …show more content…
Methacton High graduate Joey Casselberry tweeted from his account a derogatory comment about Little League World Series standout Mo’ne Davis on Friday, March 20. Within hours, Bloomsburg University had suspended Casselberry from its baseball team in a story that drew national attention. There is a student policy on the use of technology, and I know they are reminded of making good decisions with social media,” Elias wrote in an email. “This is a topic that every school district is dealing with currently, and I am constantly concerned at what’s around the corner as our kids get more exposed to the technology that is at their disposal.” (Seip …show more content…
According to Cherpack, “It can lead to jealousy or resentment from your teammates. It just can create so many problems a kid doesn’t need. And you tell kids that once you put something out there, there is no room for error and you can’t take it back. They just don’t realize it.” Cherpak, considered one of the best coaches in the WPIAL, said neither he nor the school has a policy toward Twitter or Facebook, but a few assistant coaches and school administrators monitor both outlets. Cherpak said he hates Twitter because “it creates headaches I don’t need,” he said. LaSala said, you might want to watch what you’re putting out there because you’re not helping yourself,'” and think it’s obvious that some kids don’t understand the ramifications of what they post. LaSala think’s the big thing with this is maturity and some kids mature faster than
Social media causes many problems and situations for coaches, recruiters, and student athletes. By not making bad decisions you can avoid plenty of bad things and not put things on social media that will cause problems.
According to Patsko Scott article, committing on Twitter to a school is also discouraged-one recent former player tweeted commitments to four different schools without informing any coaches. “This season, Mask (The Coach) is taking his players online personas so seriously that he’s assigning an assistant to monitor their accounts. As college programs increasingly use Twitter, Instagram and other social media accounts to evaluate a player's character, one wrong comment can cost a …show more content…
Methacton High graduate Joey Casselberry tweeted from his account a derogatory comment about Little League World Series standout Mo’ne Davis on Friday, March 20. Within hours, Bloomsburg University had suspended Casselberry from its baseball team in a story that drew national attention. There is a student policy on the use of technology, and I know they are reminded of making good decisions with social media,” Elias wrote in an email. “This is a topic that every school district is dealing with currently, and I am constantly concerned at what’s around the corner as our kids get more exposed to the technology that is at their disposal.” (Seip …show more content…
According to Cherpack, “It can lead to jealousy or resentment from your teammates. It just can create so many problems a kid doesn’t need. And you tell kids that once you put something out there, there is no room for error and you can’t take it back. They just don’t realize it.” Cherpak, considered one of the best coaches in the WPIAL, said neither he nor the school has a policy toward Twitter or Facebook, but a few assistant coaches and school administrators monitor both outlets. Cherpak said he hates Twitter because “it creates headaches I don’t need,” he said. LaSala said, you might want to watch what you’re putting out there because you’re not helping yourself,'” and think it’s obvious that some kids don’t understand the ramifications of what they post. LaSala think’s the big thing with this is maturity and some kids mature faster than