Universities are? taking social networking into their own hands. They have a YourSpace is MySpace sort of policy. Free speech stops short when you represent a team, and in some respects it should. The urgency of the ‘policing’ came after Wake Forest University’s running back Luke Caparelli was? removed from? the football team after posting? on Facebook that said he would blow up the campus. Student athletes have not been prohibited from having pages on social networks but they have been warned not to post or allow comments that reflect inappropriate material rather it be in text, pictures or videos.
“As a coach, I have to structure their lives a lot,”? said Todd Dagenais, head coach for UCF’s women’s volleyball. “I think it’s important that we allow them to do things that make them happy and are positive. You just have to be wise about what you say, who you say it to and where you say it. If you wouldn’t say it to the media, to the newspaper … with a camera in your face, you shouldn’t say it on Facebook.”
