South Carolina Players Also have to Stop Social Media

[Billybonggg]

Notre Dame certainly doesn't.

These seem to be increasingly popular. I did a quick google. Looks like both Clemson and Florida State football are banning social media.

I get theory that such bans reduce distractions, but my college experience tells me that college kids will always find a way to be distracted if they want to and social media is one of the tamer ones.

I got SO tired of Doris Burke rambling on about Skylar Diggin's 10,000 twitter followers. Number of national championships she won: Zero.

 

[Gus Mahler]

That's fair. It does help if you have a social media savvy coach. For example, Niele Ivey is on twitter and instagram. Players have to know that they can't tweet anything Coach Ivey wouldn't approve of. That might stop some ill-considered tweets before they are typed.

I have noticed that Coach Ivey posts on Instagram and am pleased that she does.