This article is about college athletes and their
social networking profiles. The N.C.A.A is keeping an eye on college athletes
and their profiles. They are looking for violations of N.C.A.A rules by making
them surrender their user name and password, using software to stalk their
posts, and forcing them to friend people to keep an eye on them. They also
believe college athletes are irresponsible when it comes to social networking,
and won’t think twice if given the opportunity to bash a school sports program.
I think this is terrible. I believe everyone has the right to express themselves
on social networking sites. It is wrong that college athletes have to give up
their rights to play sports. The University of North Carolina's football
program was given a one-year bowl ban and lost 15 scholarships after an
N.C.A.A. investigation that was started because of a Tweet sent by a player.
The N.C.A.A is getting away with this which is wrong. Maryland senator Ronald
Young said, “I think it’s violating the Constitution to have someone give up
their password or user name. It’s like reading their mail or listening to their
phone calls.” Senator Young has sponsored a bill that would make it harder for
universities to monitor their athletes online. This is a good start, and I hope
many more sign the bill to protect the rights of student athletes.
I 100% agree that this is against the law and needs to stop. Their actions on a social network are the athletes own business and the NCAA has no right to go on and monitor what they do. However I do think that if the athletes are stupid enough to put pictures up or even bash another sports team then that is the athletes fault and some action should be taken if they are being monitored because that does violate the rules. And I think that instead of the NCAA monitoring their profiles they should have to fiend their coaches sot hat it may provide a little more accountability among the athletes. But good article. This will be interesting to see how it plays out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this mainly because it does go against the Constitution and individual rights of citizens. Athletes are no different than other people, so why can't they express themselves however they want?
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you have to say because what the NCAA is doing is illegal. I hate how athletes whether they are in college or at the professional level are put on a pedestal and held at a higher standard. If they want to made stupid or ignorant remarks on their social media as much as it is not a smart move they still have the right to just like anyone else.
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