All-Star Great Article About Real Life Consequences For Social Media Choices

[Cheer Dad]

We can even figure out who S. Brown is! LOL

Yes you have :)


**Nothing to see here folks, keep moving along**

 

[cheerisloving]

I coach hs field hockey and have a similar approach. I follow my kids on Instagram and another coach follows them on Twitter. We've benched one 15 year old for posting a pic with an empty bottle of vodka. And then sent her to guidance and they took it from there. It's been a really good learning experience for all of them. I think more coaches should do it.


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I literally crings when I see my under age friends tweet and post pictures with alcohol. What you do in your free time is on you but come on. My HS coaches are in the schools and related to students and on social media. Why would they want to present themselves in such a negative light..?

 

[Keep_Believing]

Even with different aliases and pretending to be someone your not, most people can see through it. And just because people don't call you out, doesn't mean they don't know your true identity.

 

[Official OWECheer]

I literally crings when I see my under age friends tweet and post pictures with alcohol. What you do in your free time is on you but come on. My HS coaches are in the schools and related to students and on social media. Why would they want to present themselves in such a negative light..?

This might sound corny, but I am convinced they just think it's cool. I have FB friends who post 100s of photos of them getting drunk as if it's cute. Honestly it's not, and it isn't ladylike either. I honestly wonder how they expect to get hired in the future.

And every year right around college application time, they all change their names so they can't be found. :rolleyes:

 

[Fierce_Elite]

This might sound corny, but I am convinced they just think it's cool. I have FB friends who post 100s of photos of them getting drunk as if it's cute. Honestly it's not, and it isn't ladylike either. I honestly wonder how they expect to get hired in the future.

And every year right around college application time, they all change their names so they can't be found. :rolleyes:

That's funny :) that's how you know someone is wrong is when they constantly change information on their facebook page after posting things like that... Some people just don't realize that managers really do look up people on the internet and even have access to get full information. No matter how "private" you think your stuff is. Especially when they have the authority to have access to things like background checks and such.

 

[Keep_Believing]

Or they have multiple facebook pages with variations on their name

 

[Cheer Dad]

Or they have multiple facebook pages with variations on their name

Do you find my Gueseppi Rapheal account?


**do you even read what you type?**

 

[armycheermom]

Some parents and athletes have used this as a reason to stay off social media entirely, but (purely observational) I feel like coaches WANT potential athletes out there. It seems like they want to see these kids and how they present themselves to the world. My youngest son has tried to remain hard to find, but he recently had a college coach follow him on Instagram (he has an unused account there and hasn't attempted to hide it). His dad and I are working on convincing him to use social media as a tool to make himself look more desirable to coaches.

This is true. My cp keeps a very clean social media footprint and she has gotten many of praises and rewards for being that way. She just recently was award a $1500 scholarship from one of the places she volunteers at,that was based on how you carried youself online. We even been told that the reason why she has won certain prizes/scholarships is because her social media accounts are clean and that they believe she can and will represent and promote them well.

 

[cheerKT]

Many college coaches are now imposing bans on their athletes for twitter (or other social media sites) during the season. A lot of kids dedicate their lives to their sport and obviously tensions run high after a big loss or big win, just like in cheerleading. It's really easy to say something you regret. A lot of players that aren't restricted by coaches self-impose a ban to help keep their focus while in season. While it's usually not as serious as losing your job, the athlete can definitely face big repercussions or bring some pretty heavy embarrassment to the school or the program. Case in point:

Awkward.

 

[dawgshow]

**do you even read what you type?**

It usually sounds better in my head LOL!

 

[Cheer Dad]

It usually sounds better in my head LOL!

Most wayward ideas and voices do


**do you even read what you type?**

 

[omgitssydthekid]

Many college coaches are now imposing bans on their athletes for twitter (or other social media sites) during the season. A lot of kids dedicate their lives to their sport and obviously tensions run high after a big loss or big win, just like in cheerleading. It's really easy to say something you regret. A lot of players that aren't restricted by coaches self-impose a ban to help keep their focus while in season. While it's usually not as serious as losing your job, the athlete can definitely face big repercussions or bring some pretty heavy embarrassment to the school or the program. Case in point:

Awkward.

Please tell me that tweet is a joke.


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[kristenthegreat]

Please tell me that tweet is a joke.


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He was seriously joking.

It was one of those- 'I meant it until everyone took it as me being a spoiled/racist/homophobic/insert issue here idiot at which point I didn't mean it in that WAY' tweets.

 

[cheerKT]

Please tell me that tweet is a joke.


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It wasn't at the time but it's probably safe to say that he learned his lesson given how often it's still brought up over two years later. But in other news he's actually the QB who started for them last night in their upset of Alabama and he will be playing for a National Championship in like two weeks so all is probably forgiven by their fan base, haha

 

[cheermomforever]

Many college coaches are now imposing bans on their athletes for twitter (or other social media sites) during the season. A lot of kids dedicate their lives to their sport and obviously tensions run high after a big loss or big win, just like in cheerleading. It's really easy to say something you regret. A lot of players that aren't restricted by coaches self-impose a ban to help keep their focus while in season. While it's usually not as serious as losing your job, the athlete can definitely face big repercussions or bring some pretty heavy embarrassment to the school or the program. Case in point:

Awkward.

Unfortunately because the way some athletes r treated they feel like they r better than everyone else! They do not think past the next game! What are they going to do with their lives when they cannot be THE athlete? They are given the grade, not earning the grade sometimes. The GPA that is required to play is disgraceful sometimes. Some athletes, and young adults just need to grow up and think about their future.