Kent State Banning Athletes from Using Facebook

denebian devil links to a Columbus Dispatch story about athletes at Kent State being forbidden to use Facebook — "not by the Web site, but by university administrators." From the article: "Athletics Director Laing Kennedy recently told student-athletes they have until Aug. 1 to remove their Facebook profiles, citing a need to protect both their identities and the university's image. "We're really concerned about the safety of our student-athletes and some of the personal information some of them have on there," he said. ... If student-athletes don't remove their profiles by the deadline, they risk losing their scholarships, he said. Coaches and athletics counselors will monitor the site for violators." denebian devil continues "Arstechnica also has an interesting take on the subject. Makes you wonder why they even bother providing internet connections on college campuses."

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A drop in the bucket..

[plasmacutter]

Oh noes!!one11!1.. they banned athletes from facebook!

What about the hundreds of universities across the country blocking bit torrent and other p2p software, preventing you from connecting to online game servers, and other crap..

I mean my university requires residence on their campus for 2 of your 4 years and then they turn around and give you not the internet, but some hobbled pseudo-tv.

This athlete thing is the tip of the iceberg.. and if they can make such complaints for athletes over a social networking site then they should be making the same complaints for the rest of the student body with p2p networking sites.

Things are getting better.

[Jodka]

Well that's an improvement, at least they are not still shooting students.