Twitter is a serious threat to the NFL! Well, this is what the recent actions of the NFL banning twitter from games, team meetings and coaching sessions signify. The elite body that governs all NFL related rules and regulations has said that from here onwards, Twitter is a strict no-no for players and the staff attached to the teams in the NFL. In the past, the NFL has applied strictures on player-media interactions, and the enforcement of rules on that front had been strict until now. Nevertheless, now the governing bodies think that the flow of information from players and staff should be restricted on social networking sites, even such as Twitter where the information conveyed per tweet cannot be that threatening.
However, the NFL says this is done to ensure vital information such as match strategies, training details and player information are not divulged unknowingly. The laughing matter is that many players and members of the staff have admitted that they do not even know how to send text messages on their cell phones leave alone using Twitter to tweet. The NBA has followed suit and is seriously considering bringing in guidelines to ensure that players stay off the popular social networking site. Reasons cited: maintaining tradition and seriousness of the game. Cell phones, PDAs and laptops were banned anyway during games much before the Twitter ban came along, but what is interesting is that players now cannot bring their gadgets even for their training sessions and team meetings.
The whole thing looks like it’s all about maintain secrecy from the public and the prying media. Whatever the reasons; let’s hope that the ban does not extend to other spheres connected to the two sports such as advertising, sponsorship, television rights and gambling such as NFL betting and the likes.
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