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Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

steve raquel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:13:20 -0000

For one who works with Pro athletes and manages some of their twitter pages through fanfuego.com, I am in full agreement with the NFL decision. Here's a recent article I wrote about the impact twittering during games would create if allowed.

http://bleacherreport.com/a...

We will see if OchoCinco, if not other abide by it.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

cactus — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:22:07 -0000

They can just use an iPod touch, it's not a cell phone. :)

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Joel Price — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:59:57 -0000

players seriously interested in winning won't be tweeting during a game, rule or no rule

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

BetUS Ian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:54:48 -0000

The league has had a hard time trying to tell Ochocinco what to do in the past, and it will have a harder time trying to fight this technology. Sooner or later, players will be tweeting from benches, it's just a matter of when. BetUS is excited to announce today that we'll be taking bets on which athletes will tweet during a game. Check out the odds here: http://bit.ly/19XxbH

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:23:20 -0000

I like your optimism, there is no chance of having coaches respond to individual fans during the game. They'd be OVERWHELMED from day 1. Now, paying attention to fan sentiment collated via twitter is another matter...

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

The ME Lifestyle — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:19:20 -0000

Once the NFL finds a way to monetize tweets on the playing field I'm sure they will be more open to it. Some networks already do on field interviews during the game. What is the difference? Imagine if you can tweet questions to the coach during the game and the coach respond during halftime.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:16:56 -0000

For a pseudo point of comparison - at the World Series of Poker this year, they let people tweet in between hands up until they reach the money, then you have to wait for scheduled breaks.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Jahbuh — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:42:05 -0000

So it's ok for network to strap a microphone on them for ratings but not ok for them to tweet to their fans? I bet if the network and NFL could monetize this they wouldn't have a problem.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

tpp — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:50:21 -0000

I wonder if this has anything to do with preventing "insider betting"?

I know normally you can't bet on games that have already started, at least you can't bet on the actual outcome, but you could, in theory, place bets about 4th quarter even after the game has started.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Glenn Hilton — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:35:14 -0000

Hope they don't follow suit in the NHL. I'm looking forward to Sean Avery doing some ex-girlfriend tweet heckling from the bench when Dion Phaneuf and the Flames comes to town ¡

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Joe Smith — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:22:59 -0000

I'm sure that @OGOchoCinco (and plenty of other creative, twitter-happy players) will find work-arounds that allow them to tweet during games.

So, players & coaches can't have cell phones around the field during games. There are other people (e.g family & friends) around the players with cell phones - and tell me you wouldn't share your Nokia or iPhone with Chad 85/Shawne Merriman/etc. if they asked to use it.

Re: NFL Says “No” to Players Tweeting During Games

Joe Kikta — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:22:08 -0000

I disagree. I don't think professional sports need to address this issue at all. As long as they aren't pulling their cell phones out on the field of play, who really cares? If the individual coaches and teams think it's too distracting, then let them police it and deal with their players in their own way. This isn't like using drugs to gain an advantage or driving drunk. This is Connecting with Fans in a new way. Why don't they ban in-game TV interviews? Because they're making money as a result of a better relationship with the TV networks. Maybe they should look at this as an opportunity to sell more tickets, merchandise, etc. to fans that feel more connected to the superstars of their sport because of this type of interaction. There it is. There's your money-making case for allowing tweeting during games. I expect them to retract their decision soon after reading this post. :)