In Twitter, she follows UCLA, ND, Maryland, Louisville, Xavier, Michigan State, Georga, UCU, NC State, St Jones, Boston College, South Carolina, UConn, Chris Dailey, Shea Ralph, Marisa, Moseley, Maya, Breanna, Paige, Saylor, Christyn and Caroline Ducharme.
I don't see any wrong to follow a female High School Student Athletes Social Media Accounts. If I like some people I will follow them regardless their age.
I personally don’t have a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or any other account, nor do I follow anyone else’s accounts. But it seems to me that one of the reasons these top HS recruits have such accounts is to “create their brand” by marketing themselves to the general public. I was astounded to learn about the monetary value of Paige’s twitter following.
Kaizen do you think it's the same if you are following a female High School Student you don't know and you have the balls to compare that with my blood! You're not that bright are you! I didn't say any names either. So you must feel guilty! I just said how I felt and how my players parents felt! So if if your feelings are hurt
Like I said I didn't like it when I coached and not one of my parents liked either! There is more than just basketball on there! It's the parents to watch yes! But grown men following a high school students Social Media Accounts and not knowing them personally! It's creepy and again I had players and parents who didn't like it! Not one of them!
I also follow several dog and cats' photos in their Instagram. I like to see beautiful pet photos and natural scenes.
It is creepy.
Generally agree with your comments about following an athlete as they are about to make a commitment, but wonder how a parent can control social media when their son or daughter has followers that begin in 8th grade or sooner.
Believe me all of these kids have multiple accounts....one ‘public’ like you say here used for branding etc and then one ‘personal’ for just their friends and where they can post whatever they want. They all do this and they make the personal ones harder to find meaning it won’t be anything related to their names and won’t be a picture of their face.
My son grew up when the internet was just getting started and there was no such thing as social media. But my wife and I limited his tv watching, he did not have a portable phone until he went away to college and we always kept a close eye on who he was with and what he was doing.
I don’t know how we ever survived without social media, but the parents of young athletes today are not powerless. As many have pointed out, they could require their children to make their accounts private and monitor closely who they are connecting with, or they could simply take away their access to social media altogether.
